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Vol 18, Issue 105, January - February, 2017

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APTI Celebrates Golden Jubilee Year

All dear APTI members!

The beginning of 2017 has made APTI proud and delighted as

newly introduced syllabus for B. Pharm and M. Pharm courses by Pharmacy Council of India

(PCI). The council has instructed the institutes and universities to strictly follow the statutory

provisions contained in the rules for B. Pharm and M. Pharm courses for approval under section

12(1) and 12(2) of the Pharmacy Act, 1948. Wherein the B. Pharm and M. Pharm course has

been divided into the semester and assessment will be done through credit based system. The new

syllabus is objectified to consolidate bridge between academic learning and industrial practice.

Importantly it included training for rapid to translation of research upgradation to institutional

laboratories. It is expected that there will be uniform syllabus in the country for pharmacy

profession. Incorporation of Communication skills, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Pharmaceutical

Regulatory Science, Social and preventive Pharmacy, Computer aided Drug Design,

Pharmacovigilance and compulsory project work at degree level is promising to generate globally

competent professional. I highly applaud this initiative of PCI and sure that it will embark on

periodic up-gradation of syllabus. Iexpect that all Universities and Pharmacy Institutes shall be in

agreement to have uniformity in the teaching and learning process, examination pattern and

evaluation standards across the country. It will help student migration across the country and also

enable potential employers to evaluate the performance of students without any prejudice.

Prof Harkishan Singh, one of its life members have been honored

with the prestigious Padma Shri award by Government of India.

Prof. Harkishan Singh is real gem of pharmacy profession with

incomparable accomplishments, including the discovery of a

clinically useful drug, Chandonium Iodide (named after

Chandigarh) at Punjab University, which was later named by the

WHO as Candocuronium Iodide. It is important to point out

that Candocuronium is the only drug discovered by any Indian University till date. We

congratulate Dr. Singh for upraising the stature of our profession and also express our deep

gratitude for his guidance and support for strengthening of APTI at National level and beyond.

Second most important event that has polarized the attention of pharmacy professional towards is

Institutional News - 2 - 26

Ph.D Awardees - 26 - 27

Kudos - 28 - 31

Achievements - 31 - 32

In conclusion, I have some great news to share

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, despite all the obstacles the Indian

Pharma exports in the current financial year may see a near double-digit

growth and will be far better than any other sector. Indian Pharma exports

stood at $16.9 billion in the last financial year, growing at 9.44 per cent

with $5.7 billion to USA and $3.3 billion to Africa. The Indian

government has taken many Initiatives to reduce costs and bring down

healthcare expenses. Rapid introduction of generic drugs into the market

has remained in focus and is expected to benefit the Indian

pharmaceutical companies. In addition, the thrust on rural health

programmes, lifesaving drugs and preventive vaccines also envisage better

picture for the pharmaceutical companies.

Hence it is our moral and social

responsibility to create adroit professionals, able to pace with the rapidly

advancing pharmaceutical industry.

. According to sources of

Thus, it will need a large pool

of scientists and pharmacy professional that have the potential to steer the

industry ahead to an even higher level.

With warm regards

Dr. Milind J Umekar

Vice-President – APTI

Delhi, talked on topic Animal Experiments a Journey from Lab to

Computer. Prof. A.C. Rana, Director, Institute of Pharmaceutical

Sciences, Kurukshetra University, talked on topic Role of CPCSEA in

animal Experimentations. Prof. Monika Sachdeva, Professor,

Pharmacology, Raj Kumar Goal Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad, UP.

talked on topic Recent Trends And Measures In Animal

Experimentation. Dr. Debapriya Garabadu, Department of

Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University,

Mathura. Taked on topic Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act-1960.

During the workshop Prof. Pradeep Mishra,Prof. Meenakshi Bajpai, Dr.

Kamal Shah, Dr. Jitendra Gupta, Mr. Prabhat Kumar, Mrs Sonia

Sharma, Mr. J K Gupta, Mr. Bhupesh Chandra Semwal, Mr. Gopal

Agrawal, Mr. Yogesh Kumar,Dr. Reena Gupta, Dr. Kuldeep, Mrs

Neetu Agrawal, Mrs Vaishali Agrawal, Mrs Pooja Patni, Mrs Mitali,

Mr. Niraj, Mr. Ahsas, Mrs Shilpi, Mr. Keshav and Mr. Yati were

present.

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Internal Quality Assurance cell (IQAC) of Channabasweshwar

Pharmacy College, in association with Indian Pharmaceutical

Association,(IPA-MSB) Education Division, Maharashtra State

organized One day workshop on "Application & Impact of

Biostatistics in Pharma Research" at Channabasweshwar Auditorium

hall.

The workshop was inaugurated by auspicious hands of Dr. A.V. Mane,

I/C Director, School of Management, Swami Ramanand Teerth

Marathwada University, Nanded Sub Centre, Latur. Dr. Sanjay S.

Thonte Principal, Channabasweshwar Pharmacy College, IQAC

coordinator Prof. Dr. O.G. Bhusnure and Dr. V. M. Thakare were

present on this occasion.

Dr. Sanjay Thonte Principal, Channabasweshwar Pharmacy College in his

well-come speech elaborated what is research and it's need also focused

on role of bio-statistics in Pharma-research.

Dr. S. V. Mane in his inaugural speech focused on Importance of

Biostatics in Pharma Industry and shared information on Tools &

techniques used while conducting Research. He also expressed that

The workshop was organised by Institute of Pharmaceutical Research,

GLA University, Mathura. This workshop aimed to encompass a

general overview as well as an in depth insight into the CPCSEA

(Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments

on Animals) guidelines and their implementation in pharmacy institutions

all over India. The workshop was inaugurated by our chief guest Dr. P.C.

Dandiya, Prof. Emeritus, SMS Medical College, Jaipur and by Prof.

A.M. Agrawal, Pro Vice Chancellor, GLA University, Mathura. The

total number of participants in the workshop was fifty one. The seminar

had six technical sessions. The key speakers were Prof. B.P. Srinivasan,

Ex- Director,Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research,

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research is not a just happening but it is only due to continuous effectors

taken by researcher and highlighted the quality of the research work.

During his speech he revised the Concept of vision- 2020 of Dr. A.P.

Abdul Kalam and efforts taken by him.

In first plenary session Prof. Dr. Ajay D. Kshirsagar delivered lecture on

'Basic Laboratory Animals Handling Techniques". He explained how to

handle the various laboratory animals during research. He introduced

various animals with their details information about life cycle as well as

habitat along with how to interpret the data obtained from animal study.

In the afternoon session Dr. V. M. Thakare from Channabaswershwar

Pharmacy College, Latur delivered lecture on "Methodology's used in

Research". In his delivery he had taken review on various techniques used

in Research & method selection criteria in research. Also explain how to

interpret the data via a variety of statistical methods. Prof. Dr. R.V.

Kshirsagar during last plenary session delivered lecture on "Application of

Regression and correlation in Pharmacy with proper data interpretation

techniques". He expressed how to solve the problems come across in the

research Mr. R.S. Pentewar of Channabaswershwar Pharmacy college,

Latur delivered lecture on "Research Process". In his delivery he shared

information on what is research, how to select the problem and how to

solve the problem also he cover the need of research process.

About 86 delegates from academia, researcher, Ph.D. Scholars, PG

Students were participated in the workshop. During One Day workshop

combination of presentations and activity-based learning sessions

organized in order to help the participants to improve their scientific data

presentation and interpretation skills.

IQAC coordinator Prof. Dr. Omprakash Bhusnure, Prof. Ram Pentewar,

Dr. Vinod M.Thakare , faculties, administrative & support staff were

taken efforts to make the workshop a grand success.

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Sinhgad Technical Education Society's Sinhgad College of Pharmacy

(SCOP), Vadgaon, Pune organised Savitribai Phule Pune University

(SPPU) sponsored one day state level seminar on "Recent advances in

Research, Development and Testing of anti cancer agents". The seminar

was aimed to apprise different aspects of research and development in the

area of novel anti-cancer agents. Faculty members from all over

Maharashtra and PG students interacted with renowed resource

persons. Chief guest Dr. Subhash Padhye, Director ISTRA, SPPU &

visiting professor, Kansas University Cancer Center, Kansas city, USA

alongwith Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal of college, inaugurated the seminar.

Dr. Subhash Padhye gave an overview about "Privileged phytochemicals

& genealogical pathways for drug design & discovery".

Dr. Jayant Khandare, Professor, Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy, Pune

and co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Actorius Innovations and

Research, National Chemical Laboratory, Venture Centre, Pune talked

about "Lab to clinic Oncodiscovery". Dr. Kshama Pansare, Research

associate at International Cancer Genome Consortium, Advanced centre

for treatment, research & education in cancer, Tata Memorial Centre gave

an overview of anticancer drug testing tools-targeting the trojan horse.

Dr. Gourishankar Aland, Principal Scientist at Actorius Innovations and

Research Pvt. Ltd. shared his experience about cancer biology and

therapeutics. Prof. Manisha Phoujdar, Professor and Head of

department of Pharmaceutical chemistry, Sinhgad college of Pharmacy,

Vadgaon, Pune nicely elaborated on Targeting scientific kinase &

tubulines for anticancer activity. Prof. Manisha Phoujdar coordinated the

seminar.

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A visit to interdisciplinary research institute is one of the key parts of

curriculum at RJSPM's College of Pharmacy, during which students visit

various research institutes and get insight regarding the research

environment and how one should start research work, as well as useful

information related to the practical aspects of the educational course

which cannot be visualized in lectures. RJSPM's Innovation and

Incubation Cell students along with faculties visited top research institutes

of the world 'National Chemical Laboratory, Pune' and 'Indian Institute of

Science and Research (IISER), Pune'. During the visit, students

approached to various department viz., Biochemical and Biological

Engineering division, Plant tissue culture (PTC), National collection of

Industrial Micro-organism(NCIM), Center for Material

Characterization (CMC).


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Biochemical and Biological Engineering division encompasses a range of

basic and applied research activities from stochastic modelling of

individual intracellular reactions to development of industrial fermentation

processes. Students learnt various tissue culture techniques, various

innovations carried by NCL, with latest one about Saffron cultivation.

PTC division has developed various user friendly technologies for

farmers. Furthermore, students also learned collection, incubation,

preservation of industrial micro-organism as well as latest PCR

(Polymerase Chain reaction) technology in NCIM division. They are

having around 4500 cultures of various micro-organisms. The NCIM is

one of the oldest biological resource centers holding especially

industrially important microorganisms in the country. We also got good

opportunity to visit CMC department, where theoretical as well practical

information about working of the various sophisticated instruments like

HR LC/MS, SEM, TEM, UPLC, Powder XRD and single crystal XRD.

It was rich experience for the students as a round of question and answer

showed that they are very curious with respect to research work. NCL is

the first choice for students who wish to pursue an interdisciplinary course

in pure sciences with a basic as well as applied research base. A visit to

IISER was very explorative as it gave an understandable view on their

various departments, their research activities and opportunities for

Pharmacy students. This visit was very fruitful as students aware about

various seed subject for research, excel their scientific and technical skill

with expansion of knowledge and how to opt research funding from

research agencies for execution of research project.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Satna (M.P.)

has Organized First Three Days Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp

(EAC) Workshop Sponsored by DST-NIMAT and Coordinated by

EDI, AHMEMDABAD & Co-Sponsored by AKS University, Satna.

Around 150 participants – comprising; Pharmacy, Science &

Technology were participated in this programme.

The inaugural function starts immediately after registration. Presidential

address was given by Dr. Harshwardhan, Pro Vice-Chancellor

(Development), AKS University, Satna. The Chief Guest of the

Inaugural session of the Workshop was Mr. Anil Nayak, Chairman,

Pioneer Industries, Satna. The Guests of Honor were Er.A.K.Soni,

Chairman, AKS University, Satna and Dr. R.S.Tripathi, Pro Vice-

Chancellor (Administration), AKS University, Satna. Other guests on

the Dias include Prof. R.N.Tripathi, OSD & Dean (I/c) FPST, & Dr.

Surya Prakash Gupta, Associate Professor & Head, Department of

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology & Programme Coordinator. Dr.

Surya Prakash Gupta, Programme Coordinator welcomes the guests &

Participants. Various guests off the stage includes our Management Team

of the University, Deans of various faculties, Directors & HOD's of

various Departments of AKS University, Speakers, participants and

faculty members. Prof. M.K.Pandey, Director, TPO, AKS University,

proposed the Vote of Thanks.

The session of first day started with the lecture about the Inauguration-

Camp Objective, Entrepreneurship by Mr. Anil Nayak, Chairman,

Pioneer Industries, Satna. It was followed by the lecture of Mr. Yogesh

Tamrakar, Chairman, Tamrakar Industries & Social worker on Historical

background-Indian values vis-a-vis Entrepreneur ship and the present

scenario. The second session was followed by the lecture of Mr.

A.P.Singh, General Manager, District Industries Coordinator on

Identification of business opportunities for entrepreneurs and Mechanism

of product selection. The lecture on Technology-assistance from R&D

labs and others on choice of technology was given by Mr. Sanjay

Shrivastava, Trainer, CEDMAP.

In second day, third session started with the lecture of Mr. Sanjay

Shrivastava, CEDMAP How to start a SSI unit followed by the Lecture

on practicing entrepreneur's success stories-common problems phased by

entrepreneurs by Mr. Manveendar Oberoi, Chairman, Sachin Industries,

Satna. Fourth session of second day started with the talk on Financial

aspects of SSI unit including salient features of a project report by Mr.

Vikey, Project Head, Allahabad Bank, Satna (MP) followed by his

lecture on Support and financial assistance from Govt. agencies, banks,

financial institutions, SFCs and others-securities demanded by FIs/banks

etc.

In third day, session five started with the talk on Creativity and business-

the man behind the venture -the behavioural scientist's approach by Mr.

Mahan Gupta, Charted Accountant, Satna and the last lecture on

Communication skills was given by Mr. Rajnish Tiwari, Trainer, Soft Skill,

AKS University, Satna followed by Factory visit. The visit was done in

Adarsh Plywood, Satna (MP).

Last session was the feedback session and discussion with participants for

their reactions about the camp. In this, participants had submitted their

feedbacks and received certificates and dispersed after enjoying high tea.

The workshop was successfully coordinated by teaching members namely

Dr. (Mrs) Madhu Gupta, Mr. Prabhakar Tiwari, Mr. Ankur Agarwal,



Mr. C.P.Singh, Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Mr. Pradeep Tripathi, Ms. Neha

Goel, Mrs. Priyanka Namdeo and Ms. Shashi Chaurasiya. The

participants expressed their satisfaction over the quality data presented at

the various sessions. The workshop ended with a vote of thanks from Dr.

Surya Prakash Gupta, Associate Professor & Head, Department of

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology & Programme Coordinator and

National Anthem.

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M. P. Council of Science & Technology sponsored one day National

Seminar on "Challenges towards implementing CPCSEA Guidelines in

Pharmacy Institutions" was organized by School of Pharmacy &

Research, People's University, Bhopal (M.P.). The seminar was

inaugurated by Dr. V. K. Pandya, Vice-Chancellor, People's University,

Dr. Papiya Bigoniya, Director, Radha Raman College of Pharmacy,

Bhopal (M.P.) and presided over by Dr. Neeraj Upmanyu, Principal,

School of Pharmacy & Research, Bhopal (M.P.). Welcome speech was

delivered by Dr. Neeraj Upmanyu, Convener of this seminar & Key Note

Lecture was delivered by Dr. Papiya Bigoniya.

The morning technical Session-I started with the lecture of Dr. Papiya

Bigoniya who gave insights on "Implementation of CPCSEA Guidelines

in Pharmacy Institutions". Her interactive Lecture was followed by Mr.

Manoj Aswar, Asso. Prof. Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy, Pune. He

enlightened us on "Animal Experimentations Ethics in India". The

afternoon session was begun with informative and interactive talk on

"Designing & writing a good protocols as per CPCSEA" by Dr. Vijay

Thawani, Director, Centre for Scientific Research & Development,

People's University. The day came to end with lecture by Dr N. Ganesh

from Jawahar Lal Nehru Cancer Institute on "Protocol violation Viz & Viz

systematic acceptance of CPCSEA Guidelines".

The one day seminar was concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Anup

Chakraborty, Organizing Secretary of this Seminar. For this programme

nearly 100 students and staff delegates from different institutions had

participated. Research scholars, UG and PG students presented their

research and reviews in the form of Poster Presentation. Poster was

judged by Dr. Sukhwant Singh, Assoc. Prof., SIRTS-Pharmacy & Mr.

Manoj Aswar. First prize won by Ms. Tasneem Hussian Truba Institute of

Pharmacy, Bhopal, Second prize won by Ms. Priyanka Tiwari Dept. of

Pharmacy, RGPV University, Bhopal and the third prize won by Ms.

Shreya Khanna School of Pharmacy & Research, People's University

Bhopal. Dr. Vijay Thawani & Dr. N. Ganesh distributed the prizes and

certificates to the awardees.

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Pacific College of Pharmacy, Pacific University, Udaipur organized

Pharmacy week. In this, six-day programme many academics and extra-

curricular activities were organized. This event was aimed to refresh the

minds of our teachers and students and aware them about scope and

challenges in pharmacy profession.

The program was inaugurated by lighting the traditional lamp by the Prof.

(Dr.) Indrajeet Singhvi, Director, Pacific College of Pharmacy, Udaipur

followed by Saraswati vandana. Subsequently various events like Pharma

Quiz, One Minute, Treasure Hunt and Antakshari were organized.

Students participated actively in these events. Blood donation camp was

organized by college. About 30 volunteers donated their blood for the

needy individuals. Pharmaceutical Industrial tour was organized for the

betterment in understanding of students. It helped them to understand

the practical working of an industry. Sehat Pharma, Himmatnagar was

selected for visit. Student learnt about tablet, syrup and semisolid

manufacturing and processing.

Valedictory function was celebrated in the form of cultural activity. Prof.

(Dr.) Indrajeet Singhvi, Director, Pacific College of Pharmacy, Udaipur

inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp and gave the welcome

address. He lightened the need and importance of pharmacist in the

development of a healthy nation. Students were participated in dance

and skit. After function various prizes were then distributed to the

winners of different activities conducted during the week. Finally vote of

thanks was given by Dr. Jayesh Dwivedi, Vice President, APTI,

Rajasthan and advised the student for their dedication and hard work in

order to improve the quality of the teaching-learning process.

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Malla Reddy College of Pharmacy (MRCP), Secunderabad has

conducted a two weeks short term training course (STTC), on

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Innovative Concepts and New dimensions in Pharmaceutical Sciences

sponsored by Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Dr. K.Vijaya Sri

Course Director of STTC sponsored by DBT received the grant amount

of 2.44 lakhs for STTC Program.

The inaugural session of the STTC began at 10:30 am in MRGI mini

auditorium, with the Invocation song and Lightning of lamp by dignitaries

R. Madan Mohan (Malla Reddy Group of Institutions- Academic

Director). Dr. M. Sudhakar welcomed the gathering and encouraged

the participants and discussed about the importance of STTC program.

Dr. K.Vijaya Sri ( HOD of pharmaceutical analysis & Quality

Assurance) as a Course Director thanked DBT for giving this

opportunity to organize the program for 2 weeks. The main objective of

this STTC program is to generate awareness and provide hands on

training related to modern pharmaceutical, biotechnology, analytical and

innovative techniques used in teaching and research in pharmaceutical

sciences. In DBT sponsored STTC program 16 delegates were

participated. Delegates were selected based on the DBT protocol and

this program served for teacher/research scholar. The delegates were

teachers (Asst. professors and Associate professors) from various

Pharmacy colleges of Telangana/Andhra Pradesh states and Research

Scholars from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad &

Kakinada, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and Vels University,

Chennai. Dr. A. Ravinderanath [(Chief guest) Dean, Academic affairs

and OSD (planning and development) MANUU Hyderabad]; Dr. R.

Shyam Sunder [(Guest of Honor), Professor, College of Technology,

Osmania University, Hyderabad] other eminent dignitaries made the

inaugural function triumph. The dignitaries urged on need of

pharmaceutical industry in the state and promised to convey the

deliverables of the convention to the higher authorities to motivate the

entrepreneurship among students. Key note speakers of program Dr. K.

Nagaiah (Senior Principal Scientist IICT Hyderabad); addressed the

gathering of event to improve their knowledge & skills to enter into

pharmaceutical and biotechnological research fields for better human

health. B. Sai Phani Teja, (Executive Managing Director, Ocean Pharma

Coat Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad) was discussed his experience to be a pharma

enterpreneur. Dr. Royal Reddy (Senior Scientist, Ocean Pharma Coat

Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad). The convention had a day long deliberations on

various topics of interest, which is followed by a talk on importance of

basics in chemistry and pharmaceuticals in academic research and

industrial Research. Dr .M.Yasmin Begum (HOD, Pharmaceutics)

proposed vote of thanks.

The Following Are Guest Lecuters Invited for STTC Program:

Ÿ Dr. Nagaiah (Principal Scientist IICT, Hyd) gave lecture on

importance of Ayurvedic plants as Natural antioxidants

Ÿ Dr. A. Ravindera Nath (Dean, MANUU Hyd) quoted his speech

on cutting edge technologies by the Pharmaceutical Development of

Drugs.

Ÿ V.R.K. Sireesha (Nitty Labs Pvt Ltd, Hyd) delivered a lecture on

Multi Unit Pellets methods of pelletization and application of

MUPS.

Ÿ Dr. S. Gananadhamu (NIPER, Hyd) delivered a speech on Bio-

analytical method validation in pharmaceutical development and

practical session on spectral problems and Wood ward Fischer rules

for calculating absorption maxima.

Ÿ Dr. A. Veera Reddy (Vice president of Suven life sciences,Hyd) has

given a seminar on topic identification of impurities.

Ÿ Dr. K.Vijaya Sri from MRCP delivered a speech on ICH quality

guidelines and then on Nano sponges, about the importance of

Nano sponges with Cyclodextrins and finally conducted practical on

Preparation of Selective Drug Nano suspension.

Ÿ Dr. M.L.V Setti (DR.Reddy lab, Hyd) delivered a seminar on

pediatric formulation development and gave a practical session on

determination of CMC Surfactant.

Ÿ Dr. S. Padmaja (Ipropat Solutions,Hyd)) delivered a speech on

intellectual property rights, patents and patent filling.

Ÿ Dr. V.G.M Naidu (NIPER, Hyd) gave a seminar on Recombinant

DNA Technology and Production of Growth Hormones by r-DNA

technology.

Ÿ Dr. S. Banja (MRCP, Hyd) delivered a seminar on Bioavailability

and Bioequivalence.

Ÿ Dr. Aravind (IIT Hyd) gave a lecture on importance of Nano

medicines.

Ÿ Dr. N. Satheesh Kumar (NIPER, Hyd) delivered a talk on

metabolite profiling by LC-MS/MS and applications in Basic

Biomedical Research.

Ÿ Dr.Venkateshwari Muthukrishnan (Sr.Scientist of Certara

USA,Hyd) spoke on PK/PD modelling on drug discovery and

development.

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Ÿ Miss. M. Madhuri (Hetero, Hyd) gave conducted a practical

session on drug excipients compatibility studies using FT-IR and

HPLC.

Ÿ Dr.M.M.Annapurna (Gitam University,Viskhapatnam) delivered a

lecture on Calibration, Standardization, and blank correction and

also on X-ray Diffraction studies and finally a practical session was

also conducted on Handling and trouble shooting of HPLC.

Ÿ Dr. M. Sudhakar (MRCP, Hyd)delivered a lecture on

immunogenicity and quantitative analysis.

Ÿ Dr. Asthoush Kumar (NIPER, Hyd) gave a speech on Bio similar

hurdles and opportunities.

Ÿ Dr M. Bhagavan Raju(SVCP, Hyd) gave a talk on New therapeutics

from cell signaling pathway.

Ÿ Dr. L. D. Srinivas (Sr. Manager of Mylan,Hyd) delivered a talk on

Applications and examples of QBD (quality by design)

development of a drug product and a practical session was headed

on Strategy for GLP complaint development and validation of

spread sheets in regulated laboratories.

Ÿ V. Niranjan (Dr.Reddy lab,Hyd) gave an eminent seminar on

Different models for selection and dosage form design.

Ÿ Dr. M. Vijaya Jyothi (RIPER, Ananthapur) gave a seminar on types

and applications of computer aided drug design (CADD).

Ÿ Dr. M.P. Kusuma (R.B.V.R.R Hyd) delivered a speech on targeting

the diseases using synthetic oligonucleotides.

Ÿ Dr. M.Sindhura (Oliva, Chennai) delivered a lecture on diagnosis

and treatment of skin fungal infections.

Ÿ Dr. B.Sreedhar (IICT, Hyderabad) delivered his views on

importance of identifications on surface of Nano particles.

Ÿ Dr. A. Rangana pantulu delivered a seminar on FDA and drug

master file.

Ÿ Dr. C. Parthiban from MRCP conducted a practical session on

Calibration of Analytical Instruments UV, IR and HPLC.

Ÿ Professor Dr.J.Vijaya Ratna (Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)

gave lecture on Formulation of Oral controlled drug release systems

with enhanced bioavailability.

Ÿ R.Nageswararao (Former Principal scientist of IICT,Hyd) delivered

a lecture on topic drug safety.

Ÿ Dr.S.S.Apte (Vice president, NATCO, Hyd) delivered a lecture

on Solid dispersions – Newer insights.

Ÿ All the delegates were taken to an Industrial visit to Hetero

pharmaceuticals and Suven life sciences, Hyderabad.

Feedback forms are distributed to delegates for their feedback about the

DBT sponsored the STTC program. On December 3, 2016

Valedictory function was inaugurated by Professor Dr. J. Vijaya Ratna,

Dr. R. Nageswara Rao; Dr. S. S. Apte; Dr. M. Sudhakar, Dr. K. Vijaya

Sri. The report reading of STTC was done by Dr. K. Vijaya Sri. One of

the delegates from the program named G. Sai Rajesh from Govt.

Polytechnic College; Tirupati expressed his views on STTC Program by

interacting with eminent speakers from various organizations and gained

good network from other fellow delegates. This STTC program is useful

to budding teachers as well as research scholars. The chief guests were

honored by mementos and participation certificates were issued to

delegates of DBT sponsored teacher/research scholar short term training

course. Dr. B.V.S. Lakshmi (Vice principal of MRCP) proposed vote of

thanks and the program was concluded by National Anthem.

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nd th2 – 5 Desmber, 2016

Periyar College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tiruchirappalli organized nd rd thtwo days Periyar Science Expo -2016 on 2 , 3 & 5 December

2016. Prof. Dr. R. Senthamarai, Principal delivered the welcome

address. Dr. V. Nandagopalan, Associate Professor & Dean of Science,

National College (Autonomous), Trichy, inaugurated the “Periyar

Science Expo – 2016” and delivered the inaugural address. In his

speech he emphasized the role of Pharmacy students in drug research &

new inventions. More than 150 students displayed their exhibit in

different Titles like Laser via voice transmission device, Eco treatment,

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Stem Cell research, Waste Products used

as Vacuum cleaner and Home Made Air cooler etc.,

Thiru Gnana Sebastian, Correspondent, Prof Dr. A.M. Ismail, Emeritus

Professor and Prof. Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, Vice Principal of the college

offered felicitations during the programme.

More than 1500 students were visited from different schools and

colleges. Mr. K. Sakthivel, Head i/c, Department of Pharmacy Practice

proposed vote of thanks.

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rd3 December, 2016

“Time has come to prove the importance and role of Pharmacist in

healthcare system to protect society” by Chief guest Sri. Shankar Naik,

Asst. Drugs Controller, Mangalore while addressing the students during

valedictory function of National Pharmacy week 2016 organised by

Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Dakshina Kannada District Local

Branch, Mangalore in association with Srinivas College of Pharmacy rdMangalore held on 3 December 2016.

Guest of honour, Sri. Dhananjay H, Drugs Inspector, Mangalore advised

the budding pharmacists to cope up with the changing scenario of our

nation.

Dr. A.R. Shabaraya, President, IPA & Principal & Director Srinivas

College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Mangalore in his presidential remarks

called upon the students to involve actively in organizing professional

awareness programmes and appreciated the council members for their

active involvement. Mr. Jayachandra, Physical Education Director,

Srinivas Group of Colleges, Mangalore was felicitated in recognition of thhis meritorious performance in 36 National Masters Athletic

Championship (2016) organised by Uttar Pradesh Veterans Athletic

Association held at Guru Govind Singh College ground, Lucknow, th thUttarpradesh held on 10 to 13 March 2016.

Dr. Animesh Gupta, Asst. Professor, Department of Community

Medicine, Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences, Mukka, Surathkal gave

a talk on Prevention and management of Diabetes.

Dr. E.V.S Subrahmanyam, Vice President, IPA & Professor Srinivas

College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Mangalore and Dr. Shaul Hameed, Asst.

Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Srinivas Institute of

Medical Sciences, Mukka, Surathkal were present during the function.

Mr. Viresh K Chandur presented the report of the National Pharmacy

Week celebration. Prizes were distributed to all the winners participated

in curricular and extracurricular activities.

Ms. Savitha Bhat, Vice-President Student Council welcomed the

gathering. Ms. Diana Lolita and Mirium Paul anchored the program, Mr.

Shreyas K.N, Student Council President proposed vote of thanks.

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th9 December 2016

Indian Pharmaceutical Association local branch, Mangalore in

association with Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Mangalore has thobserved “World Patients Safety Day” by donating blood on 9

December 2016 at Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

Centre, Mukka, Surathkal. On this occasion, Dr. Pramod Kumar,

Medical Superintendent, Srinivas Hospital highlighted the significance of

Pharmacovigilance cell and studies, reports of adverse drug reactions. He

has announced that he would arrange interactive sessions with physicians

once in a month, regularly to discuss these issues.

Dr. A. R.Shabaraya, Principal & Director, Srinivas College of Pharmacy

and President, IPA, Local branch, Mangalore welcomed the gathering

and explained the rationale of Pharm D qualified persons in the fast

changing scenario of health care system.

Dr. A. Srinivas Rao, Vice President, A. Shama Rao Foundation,

Mangalore and Dr. Uday Kumar Rao, Dean, Srinivas Institute of Medical

Sciences and Research Centre, Mukka were present on this occasion.

Pharm D students of Srinivas College of Pharmacy in large numbers have

actively participated in this programme by donating blood. They were

also involved in counseling the patients about various types of

precautions and safety aspects to be taken by them.

Dr. E. V.S. Subrahmanyam, Vice President, Indian Pharmaceutical

Association, local branch, Mangalore proposed vote of thanks.

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th th9 - 11 December, 2016

Dr. Rama Rao Nadendla conveyed that Chalapathi Institute of

Pharmaceutical Sciences (CLPT) conducted three days Pharmacy th thVidya Vygnanika Pradarshna – 2016 from 9 December to 11

December 2016 at the campus. This exhibition was inaugurated by Dr.

D .Raju Naidu, superintendent, Government General Hospital,

Guntur; Sri. Y.V.Anajaneyulu, Chalapathi Educational Society, Guntur

at the Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CLPT) said Prof.

Rama Rao Nadendla, principal were present. During three days, a total

of 192 exhibits were visited by five thousand and odd number of

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students from several schools and junior colleges located in and around

Guntur district. The motive of this exhibition was to showcase the innate

talent in the pharmacy students and to exhibit their creativity. The

exhibition embraced not only pharmaceutical production, pharmaceutical

analysis or health aspects but also socio-economic, pollution and

sanitation aspects were included keeping in view of swacch Bharath

campaign raised by Hon'ble Prime Minister Sri Damodar Das Narendra

Modi, of India. In which the Pharmacist role in prevention of Diseases,

smoking and alcoholism, Global Warming, radiation health hazards due

to dengue Fever- Prevalence and Prevention, Eco-Friendly and Yoga

practices for making life healthier. Live demonstrations about

acupuncture, function of heart, eye, ear, nerve impulse transmission,

respiration in lungs were enlightened to the visitors. Special outlook of

microbial world, DNA isolation from banana modern pharmacy setup

was given. In the valedictory, Dr. Appasani Krishna Rao, Vice-Chairman

and CEO, Science city of Andhra Pradesh, at Amaravati,

Dr.K.Panduranga Rao garu, CEO, SPARK BIOTEK, Chennai,

Sri.Emani Durga Prasad, Assistant General Manager, Srichaitanya

Schools and Colleges, Guntur, , Dr.A.Krishna Rao personally interacted

and evaluated all the exhibits showcased in the exhibition. In this

context, a total of 12 first prizes and two second prizes were won the by

the students who demonstrated the exhibits. The 12 prizes were being

bagged by Mr. I.Amar Sandeep and Ms. I.Haripriya of M.Pharmacy

pharmaceutics for demonstration of oral dissolving films whereas stMr.K.Srinivasa Rao and Ms.K.LJyothirmail received 1 prize for floating

tablets under Industrial Pharmacy section. Ms.J.Neeharika st(M.Pharmacy pharmaceutical analaysis) won 1 prize for depict gas

rd stchromatography model; Ms.Y.Sowjanya (3 B.Pharmacy) got 1 prize

for water purifier in physical pharmacy section; Mr.Ch.Krishna Sowjanya stand Ms.M.Mounica got 1 prize for live demonstration of DNA

isolation under pharmaceutical biotechnology section and Ms.K.Roja for

explaining Microbes We eat in Microbiology wing. In addition, under stphysiology branch Ms.K.Kamalika Chowdary (1 Pharm.D) and

stMr.M.Dineesh got 1 prize for depicting and showcasing viral capacity

and robotic model for understanding respiration. Further, in pharmacy

practice division, Ms.Ch.Priyanka and Ms.P.Indira Sowjanya received

for delivering importance of free radicals and Ms. P.Olive Navaneetham

and Ms.A.Rachana pregnancy and related incidences. Incase of stpharmacognosy division, Ms.SK.Amreen sultana got for 1 prize for

natural cultivation techniques and in pharmacology division, Mr.B.Vijay

Kumar got for experimentation of behavioural parameters for animal

models in anti anxiety and eventually, Mr.Sk.Mastan Vali for parallel

synthesizer. The second prize being secured by Ms.K.Nagasri and

Ms.G.Gayathri for demonstration of renal function of kidneys and

Ms.V.lakshmi chaitanya for techniques of handwash and Ms.K.Ambika

and Ms.K.Vinaya for health hazards for electronic gadgets radiation

under pharmacy practice division and A.Manvitha chowdary for

detailing about utility of medicinal plants and conservation of

biodiversity.

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12th December, 2016

Department of Pharmaceutics and NSS Unit, BLDEA's SSM College

of Pharmacy & Research Centre, Vijaypur, 0n 12/12/2016 visited

and conducted Health Awareness Camp on "Storage and usage of

medicine" at Siddapur village of Vijaypur taluk and district. NSS

Volunteers and faculties of Dept. of Pharmaceutics were actively involved

in the camp. The program was coordinated by Mr. Nanjappaiah H M,

NSS program officer and Dr. C C Patil, Prof. and HOD of

Pharmaceutics.

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th16 December, 2016

The 77 member team comprises of 74 B. Pharmacy 6th Semester

students and 3 faculty from Rungta College of Pharmaceutical

Sciences and Research (RCPSR) managed by Santosh Rungta Group;

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thhas returned to Bhilai after attending the 68 Indian Pharmaceutical

Congress (IPC-2016) held at Visakhapatnam. The conference was

organised by Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association – Bangalore

and hosted by Indian Pharmaceutical Association – Mumbai. The

theme of this year's conference was "Quality Pharmaceuticals and Patient

Welfare"and the venue was University College of Pharmaceutical

Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. The Chief Minister of Sun

Rise State Andhra Pradesh Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the th3-day conference on 16 December, 2016.

In IPC-2016, Seminar, Expo and research paper presentation were

organized, where renowned Scientists, Research Scholars, Pharmacy

Students and Industrialists associated with the production of

pharmaceuticals from all over the country and also from abroad actively

participated. The students and faculty members were familiarized about

the latest developments in the field of pharmaceuticals and advances in

research, along with the newly introduced machines and equipments for

manufacturing medicines and further possibilities in this field.

Director (F&A) of Santosh Rungta Group Mr. Sonal Rungta said that

with the active participation in IPC-2016, the students from RCPSR

were familiarized with the changing scenarios of pharmaceutical science,

research, technology and industry. The experience and exposure gained

by pharmacy students during their visit to Visakhapatnam would be

beneficial for them in their future career. Principal of RCPSR, Dr. D.K.

Tripathi said that our college has always been the research center for the

latest in pharmacy sector. Presently four research project approved by

Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi are underway at the

college level. The participation in the IPC-2016 would be proved

highly beneficial for the students to improve their subject knowledge.

Vice Principal Dr. Ajazuddin informed that the pharmacy students were

actively participating in the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held every

year. They have already participated IPC's held at Mysore, Hyderabad,

Bangaluru, Manipal University-Udupi and Nirma University-

Ahamadabad during the previous years. College faculty Dr. Amit

Alexender, Mukesh Sharma and Mukta Agrawal contributed their

valuable efforts for the successful tour of Visakhapatnam for IPC-2016.

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th20 December, 2016

As per the guidelines of Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Government of India, a seminar was organized at SGSPS Institute of

Pharmacy, Akola on the topic entitled, 'Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan' on th20 Dec 2016. The programme was inaugurated and Chaired by Dr.

Nitin S. Bhajipale, Principal of the Institute with lamp lightening and Sant

Gadge Baba Pratima Poojan. In his speech, he guides and encourages the

students to become volunteers of this Abhiyan. The students, faculty and

non-teaching staff were actively participated in seminar. The seminar was

delivered by Dr. Suresh Sudke, Associate Professor, SGSPS Institute of

Pharmacy, Akola. In the seminar he enlighten on various modes,

objectives and precautions that to be taken in cashless transactions. The

program was co-ordinated by Prof. Shankul Kumar and vote of thanks

was given by Prof. Satish Padgiwar. The programme was concluded with

National Anthem.

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th24 December 2016

Sinhgad Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kusgaon (Bk) Lonavala

Dist Pune organized ALUMNI MEET named "SIPSAA" on Saturday th24 December 2016 at Auditorium hall, of the institute. The meet was

inaugurated by Dr. R. N. Kane, Principal. On this occasion, launch first

SIPSAA e-bulletin. Many alumni have attended the meet. In this meet

institute awarded distinguished alumni named Anil Khedkar, Manish

Soni, Tarang Bhatt, Taral Lunavat and Megha Saraswat by giving

mementoes for their contribution to pharmaceutical field. This meet was

organized with purpose to provide opportunity to current pharmacy

students to interact with alumni working in different arena of the pharmacy

field and share their knowledge and experience. Students expressed their

views about the facilities offered by the institute. Dr.S.B.Bumrela has

given vote of thanks.

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th24 December, 2016

Smt.Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil College of Pharmacy, Chopda

NBA Accredited and ISO certified institute had recently conducted the

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One Day Seminar on "Innovation in Parenteral Packaging and Drug

Delivery" under the Department of Pharmaceutics on 24.12.2016.

Hon. Dr. Suresh Patil ,Founder President MGSM,Chopda was the

patron in chief,while Hon. Adv. Sandeep Suresh Patil ,President

MGSM,Chopda was Patron and Chairperson of the seminar whereas

Hon.Dr.Smita Sandeep Patil Secretary MGSM as guest of honor along

with Principal R.N.Patil, Council member of MGSM, Prof.D. B.

Deshmukh. Prof. Umesh Gupta, of central university, Rajasthan along

with Dr. Prashant Argade of Govt. College of Pharmacy, Jalgaon were

the main resource person to enlight the above tittle of seminar around

150 delegates attended the seminar .

Dr. Gupta conducted the first session on Parenteral, packaging

innovations followed by second session by Dr.Argade on packaging

innovations in parenteral with some videos clips on prefilled syringes and

packing materials. The session was chaired by Dr. A.V.Patil and Dr.

G.P.Vadnere (Principal), Dr. Parag Jain, Mr. Bharat Jain, Mr. Sandeep

Pawar, Mr. Kiran Baviskar, Mrs. S.Mahajan and Mrs.Prerna Jadhav

were coordinators of the seminar Md.Rageeb Usman, Mrs. Salgar

Surekha, Dr.Lodhi S, Dr.Hundiwale, Mr. Tushar Patil of Deptt. of

Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology helped for success of seminar. The Chief

Coordinator Dr.Bhushankumar Sathe and Convener of Seminar

Dr. Gautam Vadnere looked after the success of the mega event.The

Seminar was concluded with the vote of thanks by Dr.Bhushankumar

Sathe, HOD of Pharmaceutics Deppt.and chief Coordinator of the

seminar.

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th th26 December 2016 & 25 January 2017

Dr. Rama Rao Nadendla, President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association

– Lam local branch and principal of Chalapathi Institute of

Pharmaceutical Sciences (CLPT) detailed that IPA-lam local branch has

conducted the outreach activity Health Screening Tests and Patient

Counselling on 25th January 2017 at Koretipadu Tank Band Walking

Tracks and also on 26th December 2016 at Sri Venkateswara Walking

track in and around Guntur town from 5.30 am to 8.30am. In these

two camps a total of 513 joggers and walkers at public walking track and

neighborhood resident visited the camp and availed the services rendered

by IPA lam local branch members on various diseases and counseled on

the self-medication, drug abuse/misuse, significance of biochemical and

clinical laboratory diagnostic tests, life-style modification, yoga practices,

use of medications and their dosing schedule etc through display of

palmphlets, posters. IPA lam office bearers Dr.Rama Rao Nadendla,

president, Prof. K.N. Rajinikanth, vice-president; Mr.S.S.ManiKiran,

secretary, Mr.V.Pradeep kumar, hon. Treasurer and executive council

member's viz., Mr.B.Valli Manalan, Mr.G.Madhu and Ms.N.Santhi

Priya along with Pharm.D staff viz.Mr.K.Manesh kumar reddy

Mr.K.Nani babu, Mr.G.Premkumar and Pharm.D students rendered

community for. In this community service people were tested free for the

glucose levels, educated about life-style modification, yoga practices, use

of medications and their dosing schedule etc through display of

palmphlets, posters,. The col lege acknowledged the

Sri.Y.V.Anjaneyulu, president, Chalapathi Educational society for

support and patronage of this event.

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th th27 & 28 December, 2016

The International Conference on, "Artificial Intelligence in Health

Care" was organized jointly by School of Pharmacy and Technology

Management, Shirpur, Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of

Pharmacy and Technology Management (SPP-SPTM), Mumbai,

Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering

(MPSTME), Mumbai & Shirpur and SVKM's Bhanuben Nanavati

College of Pharmacy, Mumbai. The conference was also supported by

ICMR, India; CST India.

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Dr. Shailendra Saraf, Vice President Pharmacy Council of India, New

Delhi was the chief guest for the inaugural session. Shri Rajgopal Bhandari

presided over the function. Dr. Sharad Mhaiskar, Pro-VC, SVKM's

NMIMS; Dr. R. S. Gaud, Director Pharma institutions & MPTP

Shirpur; Dr. Bala Prabhakar, Dean SPP SPTM; Dr. Aaquil Bunglowala

Associate Dean MPSTME, Shirpur and Dr. Ashwini Deshpande,

Associate Dean SPTM, Shirpur were present on dais for this inaugural

ceremony. There was an overwhelming response for the conference with

320 delegates from India and abroad participated in the event.

Several distinguished speakers from industries shared their views,

experience and current status of artificial intelligence in their industrial

sector. Dr. Narendra Gore, IBM – USA, delivered a lecture on

"Applications of Block chains in Healthcare industry". Dr Vijaykumar,

University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA spoke on Electronic Health

Record Management (EHR): How to Deal with It? Dr. Parag Kulkarni,

Founder, Chief Scientist iknowlation, Pune, India unfolded his expertise

in Building machine learning based products. Dr. P. K. Chande, Ex-

Director MANIT Bhopal, India talked about "Efficacy of AI &

knowledge management in healthcare" Dr. Balaji Ganeshan University of

Sussex UK, described "Quantifying tumour heterogeneity with texrad

texture analysis on computed tomography and magnetic resonance

imaging". Prof N. S. Chaudhari, Director, VNIT, Nagpur, India on

"Language structure using fuzzy similarity, briefly reviewed a few

important results, especially concerning regular language learning. An

interactive talk on "Virtual and Augmented Reality in Life Sciences" by

Dr. Tom Verhelst, Associate Director, New Medicine IT UCB

Pharmaceuticals London UK. Dr. Anjali Jaiprakash, Queensland

University of Technology, Australia extended her views about "Bringing

disruptive technologies to medicine and healthcare". Dr. Parth Dey,

Healthcare Leader and SME IBM India/SA India delivered a very

interesting talk on "Digitization in Healthcare servicing". Dr. Shubhangi V

Rathkanthiwar, YCCE, Nagpur, India discussed Computational

intelligence in wireless communications through artificial neural networks.

There were oral presentations from around fifty participants where they

presented their research in the areas like Breast Cancer, Cardiovascular

diseases, diabetics, future of medicines and healthcare, Drug

Manufacturing, etc.

Dr. V. K. Kapoor Professor Emeritus, Punjab University was the Chief

Guest for Valedictory Function. Organizing Secretary Dr. Bala Prabhakar

summarized the activities of these 2 days. Dr. Gaud in his address

discussed the conceptualization of this conference and need of AI in the

future. Dr. Aaquil Bunglowala Associate Dean MPSTME, Shirpur

proposed vote of thanks. The conference proved to be grand success

and a great platform for networking amongst delegates from across the

globe with conducive atmosphere, excellent weather and delicious food.

A very positive feedback and appreciation was received from all

participants as well as speakers.

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nd rd2 - 3 January, 2017

Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy, Narhe, Pune organized SPPU

sponsored Two Days National level Seminar on "Drug Discovery

through Enhanced Drug Targeting" between 2nd-3rd January 2017.

This seminar was aimed to the area of Drug Discovery from preclinical to

clinical realms by the renowned scientist from the field of Drug Discovery.

An overwhelming of 42 participants from different Institution and 38

students of UG and PG from our Institute was seen in the seminar (Total

82 participants). Two days session was divided into Total five Lecture

sessions, hands on experiment on cannulation of carotid artery,

measurement of IBP and NIBP in rats and National Level Poster

presentation as per the planned agenda.

The seminar was inaugurated by the hands of Hon. Dr. Raman

Gangakhedkar Sir, Director In-charge and Scientist-F, National AIDS

Research Institute, NARI, Bhosari, Pune. Distinguished speakers from

the field of Drug Discovery shared their experiences and outputs to the

delegates Dr. N. K. Subhedar, Prof, IISER, Pune; Dr. Mohan Wani,

Scientist-F from NCCS, Pune; Dr. S. L. Bodhankar, Prof Emeritus,

Poona College of Pharmacy., Pune; Dr. Urmila Aswar, Asso Prof, SIOP

Pune; Mr. Sandeep Pawar, Head Strategy and Marketing, Piramal

Critical Care, Mumbai and Dr. Prasad Thakurdesai, General Manager,

Indus Biotech, Pune. On the last day of the seminar, National Level

Poster Competition was organized, Ms. Pallavi Shirsat from AISSMS

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College of Pharmacy, Pune stood Runner-up and Mr. Chetan Doshi,

Dept of Biotechnology, SPPU, Pune declared as winner in the poster

competition. Both the awardees were felicitated with trophy and

certificate. The program was compered by Ms. Utkarsha Deshpande,

Ms. Hrudaya Shende and Ms. Priyanka Nale. The seminar was co-

ordinated by Prof. Manoj Aswar, Head, Dept of Pharmacology under

the guidance of Dr. K. G. Bothara, Principal, SIOP, NArhe, Pune.

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rd3 January 2017

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra was inaugurated at Kalyani

Charitable Trust's R.G.Sapkal college of Pharmacy, Anjaneri, Nashik

on 3rd January 2017. This Pharmacy outlet is the result of joint efforts

of the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI), Department of

Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Pharmacy Council

of India and Food and Drug Administration. Senior Journalist Shrimant

Mane and Marathi actress Tejaswini Lonari graced the event as chief

guest. Chairman of Sapkal Knowledge Hub Dr. Ravindra Sapkal, Vice

President Mrs. Kalyani Sapkal were also present for inauguration of Jan

Aushadhi Kendra.

R.G.Sapkal college of Pharmacy is the first college under Savitribai Phule

Pune University to establish this Centre. Principal of R.G.Sapkal college

of Pharmacy, Anjaneri, Nashik Prof Dr.R.B.Saudagar highlighted that

through this generic medicine Centre, Anjaneri,Trimbakeshwar Taluka

and Tribal villagers will be able to purchase medicines at discounted rates

of 60-70 % than the branded marketed formulations.

Speaking on the occasion, Shrimant Mane said, Spending on medical

treatments and medicines is a big deal in tribal areas. It is a high time that

villagers and people from every spectrum of the society are informed and

educated about generic medicines and its benefits. Such initiatives are a

good start to propagate awareness. Dr. A.B. Darekar anchored the event

and Prof.S.B.Gondkar proposed vote of thanks. Staff members, students

and employees of Sapkal Knowledge Hub attended the event in large

numbers.

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th th6 -7 January 2017

A two day National Level Conference on Quality by Design (QbD)-

Approach in Pharmaceuticals was jointly organized by Kalyani

Charitable Trust's R.G.Sapkal College of Pharmacy, Anjaneri, Nashik

and Savitribai Phule Pune University on 6th-7th January 2017.

The Conference was inaugurated on at the hands of Prof. Dr.Shailendra

Saraf, Vice President, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI),New Delhi,

Prof. Dr. S.J.Daharwal, University Institute of Pharmacy, Pt. Ravishankar

Shukla University, Raipur , Prof. Dr. R.P.Marathe, Government College

of Pharmacy, Aurangabad, Prof. Dr.P.S.Gide, Principal

Dr.L.H.Hiranandani College of Pharmacy, Ulhasnagar, Mumbai,

Mr.Prashant Hande, Anchrom Enterprises Private Limited, Mumbai, Dr.

Ravindra Sapkal, Chairman of Sapkal Knowledge Hub, and Prof

Dr.R.B.Saudagar ,Principal of R.G.Sapkal College of Pharmacy,

Anjaneri, Nashik.

At the beginning, Prof Dr.R.B.Saudagar welcomed the guests and gave

introductory speech. He said through this type of conference, students

will be able to get Current knowledge on Quality by Design (QbD)

which will benefits them in future working field.

In Two Day National Conference, Prof Dr.Shailendra Saraf, Vice

President, Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi focus on

students contribution in present pharmacy field. He gave special

guidance to students about fast growing pharmacy world and appealed

to identify opportunity, contribute it from student's life for society

benefits.Poster Presentation was inaugurated by the hands of Prof

Dr.Shailendra Saraf.

Prof. Dr. S.J.Daharwal, University Institute of Pharmacy, Pt. Ravishankar

Shukla University, Raipur discussed methods for estimation of Plant

Marker used in Homoeopathic medicament.

Prof. Dr.P.S.Gide, Principal Dr.L.H.Hiranandani College of Pharmacy,

Ulhasnagar, Mumbai highlighted on optimization technique used in

Pharmaceutical Research work with the help of case study.

Prof. Dr. R.P.Marathe, Government College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad

focus on Importance of Quality by Design (QbD) Approach in

Pharmaceuticals.

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Mr. Prashant Hande,Anchrom Enterprises Private Limited, Mumbai

discussed about HPTLC Instrumentation, Application in

Pharmaceuticals. He also discussed how to overcome problems and

difficulties arise in Spectroscopy and Chromatography Techniques.

Chairman of Sapkal Knowledge Hub Dr. Ravindra Sapkal appealed

students to take maximum benefits from facilities provided by Sapkal

Knowledge Hub and make their own position in the society by serving

the patients.

More than 192 Delegates from the Maharashtra and other states

participated in the conference.

Prof.S.B.Gondkar proposed vote of thanks.

Prof S.S.Aher and all Staff members coordinated for successful

organizing the National Conference.The conference was concluded by

National Anthem.

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th6 January, 2017

Two Day National Conference on Transpiring Novelty and Hi-tech

Knowledge in Advanced Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

(TKRPS-2K17) Sponsored by Science & Engineering Research

Board, Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India

organized by Teegala Krishna Reddy College of Pharmacy in

Association with Scientific & Applied Research Center. Sri Konda

Vishweshwar Reddy Garu MP, Chevella constituency was the chief guest

and Sri Teegala Krishna Reddy Garu MLA (Maheshwaram

constituency), Dr. T. Harinath Reddy, Mr. T.Amaranth Reddy, Dr. S.R.

Ramaswamy, Dr. Vijaya Kuchana, Principal of Teegala Krishna Reddy

College of Pharmacy, Principals and Directors of other TKR Group of

institutions were present at the Inaugural Function. Principal of Teegala

Krishna Reddy College of Pharmacy welcomed the dignitaries and

participants of TWO DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE. Students

from various colleges of pharmacy participated in large number to present

their posters in the scientific session. Souvenir CD of TKRPS -2K17

containing about 300 scientific abstracts was released in the inaugural

function of the conference.

Konda Vishweshwar Reddy Garu described the role of teacher and

student on nurturing knowledge and development of Pharmaceutical

Industry which made Hyderabad as one of the leading producers of

formulations. He emphasized on the general measures to be adapted to

minimize undesired drug interactions and adverse effects which is the key

responsibility of the pharmacist who is equivalent to scientists and

doctors in the health care system, he mentioned that Government of

Telangana is planning to take necessary steps to develop greater

Hyderabad as Pharma city.

Sri Teegala Krishna Reddy Garu encouraged and motivated students of

various Pharmacy Colleges attended the conference that they have bright

future a head for which Government of Telangana is striving hard for the

employment of pharmacy students in various areas of Pharmacy field.

Director of TKRES urged the students of Pharmacy to develop the

required research skills in the direction of advanced technology.

Dr. V. Gopal of Puducherry delivered key note address on Nature

Conserves, Prefers Novelty to the gathering regarding development of

Pharmaceutical products which are widely used and familiar to the

common man narrating real life stories of scientists which followed by a

plenary lecture by Dr. Alagarsamy on Designing of Anti-HIV Agents in

the forenoon session.

Scientific poster presentation took place in the afternoon session of day I

which were evaluated for best poster by various pharmacy college

principals.

A plenary lecture on Drug Discovery Using Natural Sources by Dr. Ciddi

Veeresham & Lipid Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System by Dr. V.

Venkateshwarlu followed by skits based on theme of pharmacy and

cultural programmes during valedictory function held on day II of Two

Day National Conference.

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th15 January, 2017

Konkan Gyanpeeth Rahul Dharkar College of Pharmacy and Research

Institute, Karjat had organized First Maharashtra State Pharmacists'

Convention in association with Indian Pharmaceutical Association

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(IPA MSB), Maharashtra Registered Pharmacists Association

(MRPA), Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI),

Maharashtra Pharmacists Association (MPA), Food and Drug thAdministration (FDA) dated 15 January 2017. The theme for this

event was "Phramacist: Vital component of health care" Vision 2020.

The eminent guests Dr. Milind Umekar, Vice President APTI, Mr. Amar

Damle Psychologist, Mr.B.E Khomne, Retired Joint Commissioner

FDA, R.T. Lohiya Professor, Kailash Tandale President MRPA,

Shashank Mhatre President Raigad Forum, were present for this event.

The program was inaugurated by Dr Umekar, along with all the dignitaries

with "Deep Prajwalan" ceremony. Dr. Mohan Kale, Principal welcomed

guests and briefed about the objectives of the convention. He urged

pharmacist to be Patient oriented with proper counseling, education and

awareness to develop a rapport with patients. Dr. Milind Umekar in his

inaugural speech gave detail information about pharmacist profession. In

this he explained awareness about profession, abilities of pharmacist and

their role in community and also informed about role of PCI and uniform

syllabus implementation.

Mr. B.E Khomne had given brief talk on the strength of pharmacists,

regulation of pharmacy field, role of pharmacist in today's world. He

urged all qualified registered pharmacists to be on one platform for

uplifting the profession.

Mr. Amar Damle gave Key note address on the theme and addressed the

gathering on the qualities of pharmacists, psychological behavior,

emotional intelligence and to work with positive thoughts and insisted to

start loving whatever good things you do in life. In this he also said that

pharmacist image should be not as like traders, but should be like a

counselor and caretaker of the patients.

Mr. Zulkarnain Dabhiya, Treasurer inaugurated Poster presentation

competition and felicitated Dr Milind Umekar, Mr. Vijay Mande, LMC

Member and Dr.P.Y.Shirodkar shared their wishes. All teaching and

nonteaching staff graced this event. R.T.Lohiya delivered on

opportunities for pharmacist in different career field. Shashank Mahtre

addressed the delegates to purchase medicines from registered qualified

Pharmacists only. Kailash Tandale briefed about the present scenario of

pharmacy profession. About 300 pharmacy delegates from Maharashtra

were present for this programme. In this convention Pharmacist issues,

concerns, interactions were held amongst all in open session and several

resolutions were taken for future implementation. Important are 1. They

demanded compliance of Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)'s

notification making it mandatory for pharma companies to appoint

pharmacist at manufacturing facilities, for regulatory complains of norms

stipulated to ensure quality of the products. 2. The convention also

noted that despite regular appeals, the MSPC, were yet to fill in vacant

posts of registered pharmacist in state hospitals as per the pharmacy

practice regulation 2015. The poster competition held on this occasion

is won by Aishvarya Barshi from K.G.R.D.CP&R.I. Karjat. Mr.Pritam

Juvatkar anchored the event.

Mr. Sandeep Waghulde, Mrs. Priyanka Kalamkar, Mr.Pritam Juvatkar,

Mr. Pravin Naik were convener of this event. All teaching and

nonteaching staff with their valuable support, participation of pharmacists

and blessings of eminent personalities made this event a grand success.

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th18 January, 2017

Dr. Bhushankumar Sathe was invited to speak on NBA Accreditation by

MSBTE, Mumbai sponsored One Week Faculty Development

Training Programme on "Health Care System AndPharmacy: New

Avenues And Application" From 16th -20th January 2017, at Govt.

Polytechnic, Department of Pharmacy, Jalgaon. Dr. Sathe was invited

to speak and clear the concepts of NBA Accreditation process for whole

day from 10.00 am to 5.30pm on 18 January 2017.

All participants cum delegate for the workshop came from various

colleges of Pharmacy throughout Maharashtra.The faculty training

workshop was limited for only 30 participants .Dr. Sathe covered various

aspects of NBA process and also conducted separate hour on SWOT

Analysis and had detailed discussion about Strength, Weakness,

Opportunity and Threats for the development of any institution and up

gradation of the institution. He focused that NBA is not only the

generation and maintaining the documents but how the system and

process had to be defined, implemented and maintained. Dr. Sathe also

added that NBA is not only continuous but continual process. Dr. Sathe

during his talk discussed in detail all 9 criteria of NBA portfolio and how

we have to prepare for achieving the target.

Dr. Sathe focused and cleared doubts about Vision, Mission, PEO's and

Mapping of PO's, CO's, PEO's and also Assessment tools. His

discussion during the sessions was appreciated and welcomed by

Hon.Nandedkar Sir HOD of the Dept., Hon. Tarode Sir, Dr.Argade

Prashant.

Dr. Bhushankumar Sathe is presently working as HOD,

Smt.Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil College of Pharmacy, Chopda Dist.

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Jalgaon .He is working here since 2003 and had successfully worked as

a NBA coordinator of the College of Pharmacy, Chopda who recently

faced the NBA Accreditation team. Dr. Sathe had published 36

research papers and attended 37 conferences of which presented his

research in 25 conferences. Also he had received Best research Oral

presentation award at International conference and National conference,

were as had authored one book and resource person for Maharashtra

State Pharmacy Council Drug information Centre, research supervisor for

University.

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th20 January 2017

Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Mehsana had organized an industrial

visit on 20th January 2017 with the students of B.Pharm. semester-6

& semester-8 under the guidance of Dr. S.T. Prajapati and Dr. Hitesh D.

Karen at Shashi Pharma of Kalol. The trip started at 9am and reached at

10.30am to the tablet and capsule manufacturing unit of Shashi Pharma

where the industry personnel introduced about the various departments

of the industry. The visit started from raw material room along with various

sections. Manufacturing unit of ibuprofen tablet and vitamin B12 hard

gelatin capsule were the main points of learning. Working condition of

fluidized bed dryer, chain conveyer and double cone bladder have been

demonstrated.

Details of quality control and quality assurance lab have been explained

nicely by industry personnel that how people work in these labs. One

alumni of SSPC Miss Mona Patel is working here. The packeging section

gave nice ideas on packing materials used in strip and blister packing, Alu-

Alu packing and pouch packing. Next industry visit on the same day was

Vedica pharma, the industry of ointment manufacturing unit. A lunch

break was after that. Vedica Pharma showed the manufacturing process of

ointment, gel and cream with working procedure of instruments and

manufacturing process. They showed the manufacturing of methyl

salicylate the counter irritant. Next trip was for Thol Bird Sanctuary and

reached there at 5pm. Natural beauty made all relaxed and left the place

at 8pm. Industrial visit experience made all students helpful for routine

practicals and theoretical classes. Overall the visit was successful for all

students.

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st nd21 - 22 January, 2017

Gujarat State Pharmacy Council Sponsored Two Days Refresher

Course for Registered Pharmacists organized by Shri Sarvajanik

Pharmacy College, Mehsana at Mehsana on 21st& 22nd January,

2017. Around 175 Pharmacists attended from different fields

(academia, industry, marketing, community pharmacy etc.) from various

corners of Gujarat. Guests of inaugural & valedictory functions; Dr. Ragin

R. Shah, Director General, Venous Group of Institutions, Shri Babubhai

R. Patel, Treasurer, Mehsana Chemists Association, Shri Pravinbhai R.

Patel, Treasurer, North Zone (FGSCDA), Mr. Gilbert Macwan,

Registrar, Gujarat State Pharmacy Council (GSPC), Mr. Bharatbhai

Patel, Member, GSPC and Dr. J.B. Dave, Director (PG), SSPC gave

informative and inspiring messages. Presidents of the above functions

were Shri Dilipbhai J. Chaudhary, Hon Secretary, Shri Sarvajanik

Kelavani Mandal (SSKM) and Shri Ramanbhai Khamar, President,

SSKM.

Inaugural day 21st January started with registration and Sarasawti

Vandana and lectures were delivered on "Adverse drug Reaction &

Pharmacovigilance Project of India" by Dr. J.B. Dave, "Role of

Pharmacist in Contagious Diseases Management" by Dr. H.U. Patel,

"Drug incompatibilities" by Dr. S.T. Prajapati and "Prescription Handling"

by Dr. H.D. Karen. On 22nd January there were lectures by Dr.

Kamlesh Thakkar, (cardiologist) on "Therapeutic Updates on

Hypertension", by Dr. Gitesh N. Shah, (Physician) on "Therapeutic

Updates on Diabetes" and by Dr. Pankaj H. Prajapati on "Self medication

& its Demerits" in morning session. Afternoon session has Objective test

for the participants and ended with Valedictory Function and Certificate

Distribution. Appreciable feedback by the participants supported

morally. Two announces were made during program: (1) The institute has

applied to PCI to start B.Pharm. (Pharmacy Practice) course from June

2017 & (2) The institute is going to organize Pharmacist registration

renewal work shop to be sponsored by GSPC on 19th February, 2017

for the interest of Pharmacists of North Gujarat. The course was directed

by Principal Dr. C.N. Patel and coordinated by professors; Dr. H.U.

Patel and Dr. P.H. Prajapati.

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rd23 January, 2017

BLDEA's Shri Sanganabasava Mahaswamiji College of Pharmacy and

Research Center Vijaypur in collabration with Shri B M Patil Medical

College Hospital And Research Centere Vijaypur organised "General

Health Checkup Camp" on Monday 23/01/2017 at siddapur

village. Organised by Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and

NSS Unit.


In this camp many patients from siddapur village are taken benfits like

blood glucose test, body weight and height measurement and blood

pressure measurement etc and patients are more interacted with our

doctors and clarified their doughts and in this camp all age 1year to 75

year patients taken benfits and suggestions from doctors. Total around

more than fifty patients are benificiries from this camp and people of

siddapur more happy and appriciated lot for our effort. The program was

coordinated by Mr. Nanjappaiah H.M. NSS coordinator.

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th27 January, 2017


(SCOP), Vadgaon, Pune organised a Savitribai Phule Pune University-

Board of Student Welfare -sponsored One day Workshop on Student's

Personality Development -Vidyarthi Vyaktimatva Vikas Karyashala on th27 January, 2017.

Dr. Mrs. Amita Pradhan, Student Welfare Officer and Chief Librarian,

Sinhgad Technical Education Society, Pune along with Dr. K. N. Gujar,

Principal of College, and Co-ordinator Mrs. Madhuri Nagras

inaugurated the workshop. Mrs. Amita Pradhan stressed the importance

of Personality Development for success in career and life.

Dr. Hemant Jain, HOD of Quality Assurance Dept., Sinhgad College

of Pharmacy (SCOP), Vadgaon, Pune delivered a talk on Benefits of

Yoga and Pranayam and gave few demonstrations of Yogasanas.

Dr. Prasanna Gadre, Dermatologist and DVD specialist, Kothrud, Pune

had an interactive session with students on Issues related to Youth in

Adolescent Years and how to overcome these difficulties. Dr. Gauri

Godbole, HOD, Pulmonary Dept., Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical

College & General Hospital, Narhe, Pune shared her thoughts how to

work toward developing a Right Personality. Mrs. Nirmala Kaldelgaokar,

Founder of VIVAM, Solid Waste Management Group, Baner, Pune,

spoke on Recycling Waste Material and how to do Vermiculture for

achieving the goals of Swatch Bharat Abhiyan.

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th th27 - 30 January 2017

Every year Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of

Pune) conducts the Research Project Competition "AVISHKAR" at

four different levels i.e. Zonal, University and State in the categories of

UG, PG, Ph.D. and Teacher. The final level of competition was held at thSwami Ramanand Tirth Marathwada University, Nanded, from 27 to

th30 January 2017. Dr. J. P. Bhat, Head-Department of Intellectual

Property Rights, CSIR, addressed the participants on research

orientation and enlightened on the problems faced during publications of

research work. Two participants, Mrs. Shilpa N. Shrotriya and Mrs.

Smita S. Kale were shortlisted from teacher's category in the discipline of

Medicine and Pharmacy for final State Level from Sinhgad College of

Pharmacy. Mrs. Shilpa Nilesh Shrotriya, Asst. Professor, Department of

Pharmaceutics was declared as runner up in teachers category. The

participants in teacher's category were from across 19 universities. Her

work on Nano-lipid gel: one treatment for three skin ailments was well

appreciated. Total 48 participants from Savitribal Phule Pune University

(SPPU) participated in various categories. The overall championship for

AVISHKAR 2016 was won by SPPU. Prof. Manisha Phoujdar,

Academic Research Co-ordinator, Dr. (Mrs). N. S. Ranpise, research

guide and Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal, SCOP guided her.

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th28 January, 2017

IPA Industrial Pharmacy Division with the active support of IPA

Gujarat State Branch organized Technical Conference on Quality

Metrics – Future need of the pharmaceutical industry for marketing drug

products in US market on 28th January 2017 at Hotel Hyatt Regency,

Ahmedadad. Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India

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(Pharmexcil) and Food & Drug Control Administration, Gujarat also

served as co organizers. The highly successful event witnessed a fine

blend of Industry, Academia and Regulatory participation at all levels.

Speaking as guest of honour, Mr Arvind Kukreti, Deputy Drug

Controller, CDSCO, Ahmedabad office set the tone of the event by

sharing a fine couplet- Umra bhar galib yahi bhul karta raha; dhul chahere

pe thi, aaina saf karta raha. He equated Galib with all personnel of

Pharma Company, mirror with all monitoring systems, dust with all non-

conformances and act of cleaning mirror with our misplaced priorities born

out of ill perception. Dr. Navin Sheth, newly appointed Vice Chancellor

of Gujarat Technological University, other guest of honour hinted at

stepping up innovations and filing patents and securing intellectual

property rights taking a cue from China. Dr. H. G. Koshia,

Commissioner, Food & Drug Control Administration graced the inaugural

function as Chief Guest and dwelt on various non-conformances and how

USFDA proposes to objectify them using Quality Metrics calculation for

improved monitoring and control. Dr. Gaurang B. Shah, President IPA

Gujarat State Branch delivered welcome address and Dr. S. B. Rijhwani,

Chairman- IPA Industrial Pharmacy Division conveyed the theme and

objectives of the conference. Mr. Vinit Shah delivered vote of thanks and

Dr. Jayant Dave served as master of the ceremony.

In the afternoon session Mr. Arunava Ghosh, Cluster Head, Quality

Intelligence from Zydus Cadila Healthcare talked about the reporting of

Quality Metrics calculations to USFDA and emphasized the importance

of analytics and statistics in exploratory & descriptive studies and their

monitoring. Dr Mukesh C Gohel, Reseach Director from Anand

Pharmacy College and noted academician touched upon the pathway

from Quality by testing, Quality by design and Process analytical

technology to Quality Metrics meaning measurement. He showed the

calculation of mandatory Quality Metrics and voluntary metrics like

CAPA effectiveness, stable process etc using Minitab software and

other statistical tools. Lastly, Mr Shailesh Patel, Head- Quality & RA

from Cadila Pharmaceuticals gave a detailed account of various key

performance indicators (KPI) to be discussed in Management Review

Meeting for continued process and product quality monitoring and

compliance. Lastly, about hundred participants took active part and

obtained valuable tips and guidance in panel discussion program at the

end moderated by Dr. Jayant Dave. All in all, the conference was a very

enlightening and satisfying experience for one and all.

IPA- Pharmexcil- FDCA co-organized Technical Conference on Quality

Metrics as per USFDA Guidance document recently held at

Ahmedabad was a grand success. Dr. J. B. Dave has played a vital role in

organizing the event right from planning to execution as Vice-President of

Indian Pharmaceutical Association Gujarat State Branch. He served as

master of ceremony in the inaugural session and moderated the

concluding panel discussion with the learned six speakers at the end of the

program.

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nd2 February, 2017

The students of BIT Mesra, Ranchi and IPA Jharkhnad State

branch organized 'Public Speaking' on 2nd February' 2017 for

pharmacy students in the auditorium of Department of Pharmacy, Birla

Institute of Technology, Mesra. Ranchi.13 students were participated.

Miss Asiya Khan, Mr Asutosh Sengupta and Gaurav were coordinators

of programme. Dr. R.N.Gupta Ex Zonal Coordinator, APTI and Ex

Vice-President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association and Dr Animesh

Ghosh Faculty of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences &

Technology , BIT, Ranchi were judges. After programme the prizes were

disributed to the winners by Dr. R.N.Gupta Professor of

Department.The prize winners were Ist position -Namrata Sinha, 2nd

position - Dharmik Joshi, 3rd position -Yashaswee Raman & Gali Punit

Kumar and 4th Position -Rupa Seth. Dr. R.N.Gupta addressed on this

occasion and inform about importance of becoming IPA member.

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nd rd2 - 3 February, 2017


(SCOP), Vadgaon, Pune, organised Savitribai Phule Pune University

sponsored two days National level seminar on "Advances in molecular nd rdbiology & Biotechnology" on 2 and 3 Feb. 2017. The seminar was

aimed to explain different aspects of Pharmacogenomics & Proteomics.

Faculty members from all over Maharashtra and PG students interacted

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with renowed resource persons. Chief guest Dr. Kalpana Joshi, Professor

& head of biotechnology, Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune

alongwith Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal of college, inaugurated the seminar.

Dr. Kalpana Joshi gave the overview of "Molecular & genomics

approach".

Dr. Asha Salunke, Techical director, Bioera life science Pvt. Ltd. talked

about "Molecular interventions in pharmaceutical sciences". Dr. Swati

Shukla, Technology lead, Biomed innovations Pvt. Ltd, Pune explained

"Basic technique in molecular biology". Dr. Sameer Chaudhary, CSO &

cofounder, RASA Life Science Informatics, Pune shared "Structural

studies of proteins for drug discovery".

Dr. Abhay Harsulkar, Professor of pharmaceutical biotechnology &

scientist, IRSHA, Bharati Vidhyapeeth Deemed University, Pune nicely

elaborated "Genomics & Netrigenomics: The emerging Science". Dr.

Anjali Apte-Deshpande, Central Dogma Pvt. Ltd, Pune explained

"Roadmap of Biotherapeutics: R&D to Clinical Trial". Dr. Millind

Choudhari, Founder & CEO, Weinnovate biosolutions PVT. LTD, Pune

elaborated "Molecular Biology: A Gateway to Future". Dr. Sandeep

Kale, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, ICT, Mumbai

shared views on "Scalable Bioprocesses for Production of Biotech & Bio-

based Products". Mr. Aniruddha Karve, Research Associate Dana-

Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Medicine talked on "Recent

Advances in Molecular Biology Research". Prof. Rajkumari Sahane,

Asst. Professor, Department of Pharmacology, coordinated the seminar.

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rd th3 - 4 February, 2017

Department of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Satna (M.P.)

Organized 2-Days National Conference On "Frontier Research in

Natural Products: Opportunities And Challenges" Sponsored by

Indian Council of Medical Research—New Delhi & MP Council of

Science & Technology-Bhopal and Co-Sponsored by AKS University, rd thSatna on 3 -4 February 2017. Around 300 participants –

comprising; research scholars, under graduate and post graduate students

and faculty members from Pharmacy, Science, Medical colleges and

Ayurvedic colleges were participated in this program.

The inaugural function starts immediately after registration & breakfast.

Presidential address was given by Shri. B. P. Soni, Hon'ble Chancellor,

AKS University, Satna. The Chief Guest of the Inaugural session of the

Conference was Dr. Ramesh K Goyal, Vice-Chancellor, Delhi

Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research University (DPSRU), New Delhi.

Dr. Paritosh K Banik, Vice-Chancellor, AKS University, Satna & Er.

Anant K Soni, Chairman, AKS University, Satna were the Guests of

Honor. Dr. Harshvardhan, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Dev.), AKS

University, Satna & Dr. R.S.Tripathi, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Admn.),

AKS University, Satna were the Special Guests. Other guests on the

Dias include Prof. R.N.Tripathi, OSD & Chairman (Organizing

Committee) & Dr. Surya Prakash Gupta, Associate Prof & Head,

Department of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology (DPST) &

Organizing Secretary. Prof. R.N.Tripathi, Chairman (Organizing

Committee) welcomes the guest & delegates. Dr. Surya Prakash Gupta,

Associate Prof & Head, DPST & Organizing Secretary briefed about the

Conference. Various guests off the stage include our management team

of the university, Shri Awnish Kumar Soni, Shri Ajay Kumar Soni & Shri.

Amit Kumar Soni, Deans of various faculties, Directors & HOD's of

various Departments of AKS University, Speakers, Guests, Delegates,

participants and faculty members. The Souvenir Cum Scientific Abstract

book was also released during the inaugural session of the National

Conference. Organizing Secretary, proposed the Vote of Thanks.

There were four technical sessions. The Keynote lecture was delivered by

Dr. Ramesh K Goyal, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences &

Research University (DPSRU), New Delhi On "From Concept To

Reality In Herbal Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities". His lecture stwas followed by the first talk of 1 technical session of Dr. Vinod D.

Rangari, Professor & Head, S.L.T. IPS, Guru Ghasidas University,

Bilaspur on "Medicinal Plant Research and New Drug Discovery for

Sickle Cell Disease: From Ethnopharmacological Claims to

Commercialization".

Post lunch session started with the talk of Dr. Neeta Shrivastava,

Assistant Director, Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry,

B. V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development

(PERD) Centre, Gujarat On "Metabolomics: an Emerging Tool for

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Efficacious Herbal Drugs". Her talk was followed by talk of Dr. Arun

Gupta, Head, Medical Affairs & Clinical Research, Dabur Research &

Development Centre, Dabur India Limited, Ghaziabad On "Herbal

Drug Development: Regulatory Overview".

rdSecond Day started with the 3 technical session, in this, talk started with

Dr. Richa Shri, Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug

Research, Punjabi University, Patiala on "Search for Neuroprotective

agents from plants-our journey", her talk was followed by talk of

Dr.A.K.S. Rawat, Scientist & Head, Dept of Pharmacognosy &

Ethnopharmacology, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute,

Lucknow on "the recent developments in herbal drug and role of

quality in herbal formulations". Our next Speaker of this technical session

was Dr. Ch V Rao, Principal Scientist, Dept of Pharmacognosy &

Ethnopharmacology, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute,

Lucknow. He delivered his talk on "Herbal technologies and IPR for

entrepreneurs development". After this, Dr. Sayeed Ahmad, Assistant

Professor & In Charge: Bioactive Natural Product Laboratory,

Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy,

Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi gave his invited talk on "Chromatography in

quality control of herbal drugs and botanicals".

Our post lunch session of second & concluding day started with the talk

of Dr. Prasoon Gupta, Sr. Scientist, Natural Product Chemistry Division

CSIR - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu on "Discovery of

Marine Natural Products that Impact Human Embryonic Stem Cell

Growth". Last speaker of this session was Dr. Ashootosh Tripathi,

Research Investigator, Life Sciences Institute I University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, MI, USA. He delivered his talk on "Microbes to

Medicine: Development of a Millennial Drug Discovery Platform".

In valedictory function, Dr. Sanjay Maheshwari, Director, Birla Hospital,

Satna was the Chief Guest. The function was presided by Dr. P.K. Banik,

Vice-Chancellor, AKS University, Satna. Er. A.K.Soni, Chairman, AKS

University, Satna was the Guest of Honor. Dr. R.S.Tripathi, Pro Vice-

Chancellor (Admn.), AKS University & Dr. Harshvardhan, Pro Vice-

Chancellor (Dev.), AKS University, Satna were the Special Guests.

Prof. R.N. Tripathi, OSD & Chairman (Organizing Committee) & Dr.

Surya Prakash Gupta, Associate Prof. & Head, Department of

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology & Organizing Secretary were also

present on the stage. Research scholars, UG and PG students presented

their research and review in the form of Oral & Poster Presentation. The

winners of Oral & Poster competition received awards and certificates

from the guests of the valedictory session.

Delegates had submitted their feedback and received certificates and

dispersed after enjoying high tea. The Conference was successfully

coordinated by teaching members namely Dr. (Mrs) Madhu Gupta, Mr.

Prabhakar Tiwari, Mr. Ankur Agarwal, Mr. C.P.Singh, Ms. Priyanka

Gupta, Mr. Pradeep Tripathi, Ms. Neha Goel, Ms. Shashi Chaurasiya,

Mrs. Priyanka Namdeo and non-teaching staff members. Dr. Surya

Prakash Gupta, Organizing Secretary, LOC summarized the events of

two days National Conference and thanked all LOC members for their

enormous contribution. The delegates expressed their satisfaction over

the quality data presented at the various scientific sessions. The

conference ended with a vote of thanks from Organizing Secretary and

National Anthem.

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th 4 February, 2017



sponsored one day state level seminar on "Design of experiments: thbridging the gap between academic & industry" on Feb. 4 , 2017.

The seminar was aimed to explain different aspects of statistics in

pharmaceutical field. Faculty members from all over Maharashtra and PG

students interacted with renowed resource persons. Chief guest Dr.

David Hanagal, Professor & head of department of Statistics, SP Pune

University, Pune alongwith Dr. K. N. Gujar, Principal of college,

inaugurated the seminar. Dr. David Hanagal gave the overview of

"Applications of Statistics in Design of Experiments".

Dr. Jayant Bhinge, Scientist, QbD - Pharma Research, Lupin Research

Park, Pune talked about "Design of Experiments(DoE): Overview of

Industrial Practice". Dr. Remeth J. Dias, Professor & Director, Yashoda

Technical Campus, Satara explained "DoE in Pharmaceutical Research".

Dr. Piyush Chudiwal, Manager, Formulations, Sun Pharma, Mumbai

shared "Business, R&D and Academics Perspectives of DoE".

Mr. Saurabh Sharan & Ms. Akshata Sapkal, Technical Managers,

SYSTECH Technocraft Services, Mira Road (E), Thane-401107

nicely elaborated "DoE software Demonstration". Prof. Satish Mandlik

co-ordinated the seminar.

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th4 February, 2017

thOn occasion of World Cancer Day on 4 Feb 2017, PSGVPM'S

College of Pharmacy, Shahada successfully organized Public Awareness

Rally & Street Act. The motive of the rally was to create awareness about

the prevention and management of cancer. Over 200 Students and staff

members wholeheartedly participated in the rally. Rally was inaugurated

by President of Mandal Hon. Dipak Patil. On this eve, Coordinator of

Mandal Prof. Makarand Patil, Former Secretary of Trading Union Mr.

Jadhav Patil, Secretary of Market Panel Mr. Hemant Chaudhari, and

Principal Dr. S.P.Pawar were present. The rally evoked very good

response amongst the local residents. Dipak Patil guided the residents

about the cancer. He said, it is very ponderable that addiction is most

commonly rising in young generation which may take him close to cancer

and addiction is the main reason of family misery.

Pharmacy students started the rally from the main street of Shahada and

also played street act on various residencies in Shahada. Through this

street act, students delivered a great message about prevention of cancer

among public. Chief Officer of Municipality, Shahada Dr. Sudhir Gavali

& Assistant Police Commissioner Mr. Sanjay Chavan was present during

the street act.

Principal Dr. S.P.Pawar guided & introduced the event. Programme Co-

ordinator Dr. Laxmikant Borse anquered the event & vote of thanks by

Mrs. Sandhya Borse. Mr. Rajesh Ahirrao, Mr. Vipul Jain & Madhuri

Kanhere assisted to make this event successful. All teaching &

nonteaching staff took an effort for this event.

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th th6 - 7 February, 2017



sponsored Two days International level seminar on "Therapeutic

Proteins: Challenges & Opportunities" on Feb 6 & 7, 2017. The

seminar was organised in view to understand the present scenario of

Therapeutic Proteins in Health Care Profession. The different sessions in

the seminar explained various aspects related to stability, quantitation,

purification and formulation of biopharmaceuticals. The seminar received

an overwhelming response from faculty members and PG students. Chief

guest Dr. Manjula Das, Managing Director at Beyond Antibody,

Bangalore, India alongwith Guest of Honour Dr. Sandeep Kale,

Associate Professor of Bioprocess Technology, DBT-ICT-Center for

Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai & Dr. K.

N. Gujar, Principal of college, inaugurated the seminar. Dr. Manjula Das

gave the overview of "A brief history of biotherapeutics". Dr. Sandeep

Kale, gave a talk on "Bioprocessing for production of sale & efficacious

Bio-pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Abijar bhori, Scientist, Enzene Biosciences Ltd. Bhosari, Pune talked

about "Approaches for process characterisation in biopharmaceutical

processes" and Dr. Gourishankar Aland, Scientist, Actorius Innovation &

Research Pvt. Ltd., National Chemical Laboratory Innovations Park

explained various aspects of "Antibody drug conjugates".

Prof. Jitendra Rajput, Dept. of Biotechnology (Engg.), Sinhgad College

of Engineering, Pune shared his thoughts on "Stem Cells as

Biotherapeutics" and Mr. Amit Lokhande, Ph.D. Tech. Research Scholar

at ICT, Mumbai nicely elaborated points related to "Challenges in

Protein formulation development”

Dr. Mahalakshmi Andheria, Vice President- Intellectual Property Cell,

Panacea Biotec. Ltd., Navi Mumbai , explained " IP protection of

Biopharmaeutical innovations". Dr. Smita Kale, co-ordinator of the

seminar expressed her thoughts about "Excipients mediated stabilisation

of therapeutic proteins".

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th8 February, 2017

Loknete Hon. Hanmantrao Patil Charitable Trust, Vita sponsored

'One Day Workshop on Personality Development & Interview

Techniques' was conducted by Adarsh College of Pharmacy, Vita thdated on 08 Feb 2017. The workshop was arranged with aim of

developing competent and skilled Pharmacists for the first batch students

of the college. All the students and teaching staff were actively

participated in the workshop.

The workshop was inaugurated by Chief Guest Dr. Atul Shirgaokar,

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Director, Insight Systems Inc. Pune., Guest of Honor Dr. R.J Dias,

Principal, Yashodha Technical Campus, College of Pharmacy, Wadhe,

Satara., Hon. Adv. Vaibhav Patil, President & Hon. P. T. Patil,

Executive Director, Loknete Hon. Hanmantrao Patil Charitable Trust,

Vita. Prof. N.S. Mahajan welcomed, felicitates and introduced all the

dignities and speakers of the day. He also gives brief introduction and

significance of workshop.

In the morning session Dr. Atul Shirgaokar delivered a lecture on different

areas of Pharma jobs after completion of degree. Further Dr. R.J. Dias

summarized requirements of values and characters to boosts the positive

attitude amonst the students. In the afternoon session Dr. Shirgaokar

explained about the facts how to write application letter in industry,

meaning of Biodata, CV & Resume, Dressing sense, effective

communication, how to face and what to prepare for interview whereas

Dr. Dias delivered talk on how to grow confidence, strategies to find

good qualities in people, how to set a goal of career and key way to

become successful even after failures. At the end simple experimental

demonstrations were conducted and motivational video clips were

shared.

The workshop ends with acknowledging vote of thanks and High Tea.

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th10 February, 2017

Third year B. Pharm. about 40 students of Bharati Vidyapeeth College

of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, were visited VerGo Pharma

Research Pvt. Ltd. Corlim., Goa on 10/02/2017. Mr. Prasil

Kolhapurkar HR Head, and other officials of company has briefed the

students about overall functioning of various departments including online

registration of healthy human volunteers, Selection criteria of volunteers,

Dosing schedule, collection, Testing & preservation of blood or urine

samples. Patients hospitalization, providing food and necessary

requirement during study. Interpretation of results. Regulatory guidelines

for approve study protocol from Institutional Ethics Committees. The

interactions with production incharge and their sub-ordinate were much

informative to explore the students in real practical world of

manufacturing. The department head at VerGo Pharma Research were

also impressed with curiosity of our students to learn the subject related

problems and how to deal with each. The students were accompanied by

faculty of college Dr. Anilkumar Shinde (Training and Placement

Officer), Prof. Firoj Tamboli, Mr. Sunil Mali & Mrs. Rameshwari

Kulkarni. We are thankful to Mr. Prasil Kolhapurkar HR Head, for

allowing a visit to their plant.

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th 11 February, 2017

Third year B. Pharm. about 40 students of Bharati Vidyapeeth College

of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, Maharashtra were visited Cipla Ltd, Verna,

Goa on 11/02/2017. Ms. Ranjita Marwaha, HR Manager and other

officials of company has briefed the students about overall functioning of

various departments including Quality control, Quality assurance, Store

department, Granulation (Shifting, Blending, Milling, Drying,

Screening),Tablets compression, Inspection of defective Tablet, Tablet

coating, Packaging of Tablets in container, Blister type of packaging and

Layout of Tablet department. The interactions with production incharge

and their sub-ordinate were much informative to explore the students in

real practical world of manufacturing. The department head at Cipla

Pharma were also impressed with curiosity of our students to learn the

subject related problems and how to deal with each. The students were

accompanied by faculty of college Dr. Anilkumar Shinde (Training and

Placement Officer), Prof. Firoj Tamboli, Mr. Sunil Mali & Mrs.

Rameshwari Kulkarni. We are thankful to Mr. Ijaj Khalif Technical II

Manager, Mr. Gurudatta Satarkar, Technical IV Manager & Ms. Ranjita

Marwaha for allowing a visit to their Unit III plant.

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th11 February, 2017

Vivekanand Education Society's College of Pharmacy had organised its

5th Annual Alumni Meet on Saturday, 11th February, 2017. The

Formal Function was initiated with Lighting of the Lamp which was

followed by the felicitation of our Chief Guest Mr. Sushant Raorane,

Director, Adroit Biomed Ltd.

Welcoming and greeting everyone Dr. Supriya Shidhaye addressed the

gathering. She requested the alumni members to share their experiences

and make their young pharmacist friends aware about the present

professional market and research. This was followed by an emotional

appeal by Shri. B. L. Boolani, founder trustee in-charge, to all alumni to

frequently visit their alma mater and interact with students.

This was followed by a thought provoking speech by Mr. Sushant

Raorane a young entrepreneur himself. He emphasised the need for goal

planning by students at an early stage, which is very essential for future

endeavours. He cast a spell over the audience with his simple, precise,

easily understandable and dynamic style of interaction. He also advised

the students to improvise their interpersonal skills and tactfully make

decisions pertaining to their career.

The highlight of the meet was the release of Fifth edition of Newsletter

"Alma Matters" by the dignitaries along with Dr. Sandip Zine and our

Alumni Cell Members.

The Formal Function was followed by a session named as the 'Alumni Talk'

where six of our most experienced Alumni Members shared their journey.

Namely, Mrs. Suvarcha Sood Shah our first batch student, currently

working as a senior scientific assistant at Aristo Pharma, Mr. Vivek Singh,

an analyst at Value Edge, Adrian Sequeira a Medical Representative at

Sanofi, Mr. Vishal Rokade, Ms. Priya Damani medical representative

with Sanofi and last speaker being Mr. Rajas Karnik who worked as a

Business Development Manager for one of the world's biggest pharma

giants, Glaxo SmithKline and currently pursuing his MBA. All the alumni

had nostalgic memories and thanked all the faculty members profusely for

shaping their careers. All they felt that faculty of VESCOP treat students

as their own children and inspire them. Because of their excellent

formative years at VESCOP they are growing well in their professional

career. Ms Damani even told that how women should come out of their

stereotypes and enter male bastion like she had done to get into a career

in sales.

This was followed by announcement of best Alumnus of the year in

Undergraduate category. The award went to Mr. Nilesh Badhe for his

noteworthy achievements in profession and contribution towards the

Institute.

Towards the end of the formal function Miss. Nida Memon, Alumni cell

member thanked all Alumni and Dignitaries for their presence and

encouraged to strengthen their ties with VESCOP.

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th11 February, 2017

On the eve of World Leprosy Eradication day, an invited lecture was

arranged by Periyar Health Club of Periyar College of Pharmaceutical thSciences, Tiruchirappalli, TamilNadu on 11 Feb. 2017. Prof. Dr.R.

Senthamarai, Principal welcomed the gathering. Dr. A. Shanthi,

M.B.B.S., DD., Deputy Director of Medical Services, Trichy delivered

an awareness lecture on leprosy - one of the oldest recorded diseases in

the world. She enunciated that leprosy is an infectious disease that has

been known since biblical times. It is characterised by disfiguring skin

sores, nerve damage and progressive debilitation which affects relatively

few people globally. The bacteria Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy

which has an incubation period of upto seven years, making the spread

much harder to predict. Effective multi-drug therapy is provided by the

Government at free of cost and it is completely curable. Dr. A. M.

Ismail, Emeritus Professor, PCPS, Mr. K. Perumal, District Health

Educator (Leprosy), Trichy and Health Inspectors Mr. Vijaya Guruvu,

Mr. Zakir Hussain and Mr. Kumar graced the programme. Faculty &

Students of the institution attended the programme. Dr. T. Shri Vijaya

Kirubha, Secretary, Periyar Health Club proposed vote of thanks.

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th11 February, 2017

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences organized "Manipal IPCs rd nd nd(23 IPC 1972, 42 IPC 1990 and 62 IPC 2010) funded

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MCOPS Golden Jubilee Commemoration lecture" and Alumni meet

on 11 February 2017 forenoon.

Dr George Patani, Director, Inga Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

delivered the Commemoration Lecture on "Industry-Institute Interaction

for Pharmaceutical skills development" and highlighted the nature of

ongoing industry-institute interactions and the challenges in collaborative

research. He emphasized on the necessity of training and practice based

education at the institutes. The program was chaired by Dr MK

Unnikrishnan and Dr CS Shreedhara, Professors, MCOPS.

The lecture was followed by the Alumni Meet, wherein Dr Patani, being

the alumnus addressed the gathering and shared his Manipal experience.

He stressed on the need for discipline and adequate preplanning in

students to excel in life. The Alumni Meet was coordinated by Dr D

Sreedhar, Associate Professor, MCOPS.

Alumni, faculty and students of MCOPS attended both the events.

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“Purpose is more important than need" said Shri Ganesh Nayak, COO

& Executive Director – Cadila Healthcare Ltd.

thMCOPS celebrated its 54 Awards and Annual Day 2017 on

Saturday, February 11, 2017 evening at TMA Pai Hall, KMC,

Manipal. The function was presided by the Chief Guest Shri Ganesh

Nayak, Cadila Healthcare Ltd., Ahmedabad. Dr George Patani,

Director – Inga Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai was a Guest of Honor.

Dr C Mallikarjuna Rao gave a brief account of the events of significance of

the year 2016. He said it is the time for evaluation and reflection. Dr

Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor, Manipal University graced the occasion

with his presence. In his address, he appreciated the remarkable

achievements of MCOPS in research output.

Shri Nayak said consistency of purpose, commitment to effort and

responsibility for results are the three themes that lead the organization to

top level. Further he added that competence, confidence,

communication, consistency and consciousness are the keys for the

success of an individual. He advised the students and the gathering, to

give more importance to the purpose saying "Purpose is more important

than need".

Dr M K Unnikrishnan (Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy

Practice, MCOPS) was given the 'Life Time Achievement Award' at the

function for his long, distinguished service in MCOPS. Dr George

Patani was conferred with the 'Outstanding Alumnus Award' for his

success as a pharmaceutical researcher and administrator. Good Teacher

Awards for excellence in teaching went to Dr K Sreedhara R Pai, Dr M

Surulivel Rajan and Dr Alex Joseph. Dr Srinivasa Mutalik secured the

"Teacher of the Year" Award. Ms. Shwetha Shetty received the "Best

Supporting Staff" Award. Students who excelled in academics in various

programs received endowment awards and certificates.

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th11 February, 2017

One day State level Seminar on "Quality Management and Quality

Assurance in Pharmaceutical Industry" Sponsored by Savitribai Phule

Pune University, Pune was organized by Dept. of Pharmaceutical

Chemistry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences &

Research, Pimpri on 11th February, 2017.

The Seminar was focused on the Quality assurance and quality

management of different Pharmaceutical Products. Around 70 delegates

from the various institute actively participated in the seminar. The Seminar

began with the inauguration by Mr. Shailesh Darakh, Manager (Quality

Assurance), Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited, Pune and Principal,

Dr. S. S. Chitlange. Dr. S. B. Wankhede, gave the Keynote address and

briefed the Seminar's theme. The first session begins with Mr. Shailesh

Darakh, on "Quality assurance of biologicals". He emphasized on,

Biosimilar Production and quality assurance of Biosimilars. He also

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discussed about the functioning of quality management systems in

biotechnology industries. First session was followed by the session by

Mrs. Princy Achankunju, Dy. General Manager - Project Management,

Lupin Research Park, Pune. She delivered a talk on "Project Management

and the Triple Constraints". She focused on the role of Tripal Constraints

- Scope, Time and Cost in the project management and its usefulness on

the Quality assurance and Quality management of the final product. The

post lunch session articulated by Mrs. Priti Jamkar, Manager, Lupin

Limited, Pune. She spoke on "Quality Management and Quality

Assurance for API Manufacturing in Pharmaceutical industry". Her

emphasis was on API manufacturing and applying Tripal Constraints -

Scope, Time and Cost for the same. She correlated the effect of Tripal

constraints on quality management and quality assurance of API

manufacturing. The last session was delivered by Mr. Vaibhav Kulkarni,

Assistant General Manager, Sai Life Sciences, Hinjewadi, Pune. He

delivered a talk on "Drug Regulatory and Patent Linkage in the United

States". He mentioned the importance of Patents of the quality products

manufactured in Pharmaceutical Industry. He described the detail

procedure and costs involved in patentin of products in India and USA.

Seminar concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. S. B. Wankhede and

certificates distributed to delegates.

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TH16 February, 2017

thVES College of Pharmacy (VESCOP) is the 24 jewel in the crown of

prestigious Vivekanand Education Society (VES), Chembur, Mumbai.

The college was founded in 2007 with a goal to impart quality

education in pharmacy. Very recently, the B Pharm programme of the

college received NBA accreditation for academic yrs. 2016-17 and th2017-18. As part of celebration of 10 year of VESCOP, the IQAC

of the college had organised one day seminar entitled, "Let's Do NBA

Accreditation" in collaboration with APTI, Maharashtra State Branch to

increase awareness about NBA and motivate all professional courses to thgo for NBA accreditation on 16 February 2017.

The seminar was inaugurated by Dr C D Upasani, President, APTI, MS

state branch. In his inaugural address, Dr. Upasani highlighted the

importance of outcome based education. He emphasized that any

education which is student centric and focuses on development of the

student can be termed as outcome based education. He appreciated the

efforts taken by VESCOP to impart quality education, industrial

collaborations and research in the short span of 10 years. He further

revealed his vision and activities to be planned by APTI in the years to

come. Dr. Jharana Das, Chief Coordinator of the college, felicited Dr

Upasani for being elected as the President of the state APTI. Principal,

Dr Supriya Shidhaye briefed the developmental activities being

undertaken by college and expressed her views on the organizing this

seminar. She further acknowledged Founder trustee Shri. B.L. Boolaniji

for his constant support and guidance to the institution to move forward.

The resource persons included Dr Supriya Shidhaye, Dr Rakesh Somani,

Mrs Ashwinin Wani and Mrs Vidhi Bhatia, all of them belonging to

VESCOP. They shared their experiences and elaborated on various

criteria as per the SAR. A panel of VESCOP staff was also present for

the discussion during Q and A session, which was very appreciated by

the attendees.

The seminar was attended by more than 30 teachers from various

Pharmacy colleges affiliated to University of Mumbai and it was great

success as participants expressed their satisfaction during the valedictory

function. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr Rakesh Somani,

Coordinator of the seminar. The programme ended with National

Anthem.

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st21 February, 2017

Vignan Pharmacy College in Collaboration with UCO Bank,

Vadlamudi conducted an awareness compaign on digital financial

literacy program for cashless transaction on 21.02.2016 to all its

students and employees. During this Program bank officials Mr. Sibaji

Tripati and Mr. Bhargava enlightened the student son internet banking

facilities POS, transactions, Micro, ATM services, GMPS, NEFT &

RTGS facilities, UPI Gateway and mobile wallet services. The program

was focused on registering and enrolling for Cashless transactions. The

importance of demonitisation and the high need of cashless transactions

was emphasized with AV presentations. The students were taught to

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conduct cashless transactions in a safe & secure manner with both feature

& Smart Phones. The students and faculty are encouraged to be careful

with cashless transactions by not disclosing OTP, PIN Number,

Passwords and Card Information.

Principal Dr. P. Srinivasa Babu thanked the bank officials for creating

awareness among the students.

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Dr. G. Prakash Yoganandam,

M.Pharm, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,

Department of Pharmacognosy, College

of Pharmacy, Mother Theresa Post

Graduate and Research Institute of

Health Sciences (MTPG&RIHS), A

Government of Puducherry Institution,

Pondicherry was awarded Ph.D degree

in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Sri

Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai on the 21.12.2016. The title

of his thesis "Pharmacognostical, Phytochemical, Pharmacological and

Phytopharmaceutical studies on an official Siddha anti-diabetic

kudineer formulation". He worked under the guidance of Prof.

Dr.V.Gopal, Principal, College of Pharmacy, MTPG&RIHS,

Puducherry. He has 52 numbers of papers to his credit; he has presented

more than 70 papers in various national and international conferences.

He has filed a patent (Ref.No: E-2/2344/2016-CHE. Application

no. 201641026719) based on his research.

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Mr. Tambe Vijay Dnyandeo, working as

an Assistant Professor, Department of

Pharmacognosy, Pravara Rural Education

Society's, Pravara Rural College of

Pharmacy, Pravaranagar, Maharashtra

has been awarded the degree of Doctor

of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Pharmacy by

Vinayaka Missions University, Salem,

Tamilnadu on 06 January, 2017 for his

research work entitled "Analgesic, Anti-

inflammatory ointment formulation from Hibiscus tiliaceus and

Hibiscus cannabinus linn". The research work was carried out

under the guidance of Prof. Dr. R. S. Bhambar, Principal, MGV'S

College of Pharmacy, Panchavati, Nasik. Dr. Tambe has more than 11

years of teaching and industrial experience. He is approved as a PG

Teacher by Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. He has guided 41

students of UG and 06 students of M.Pharm (Pharmacognosy) for their

dissertation. He has 23 published research and review articles in various

indexed, peer-reviewed national and international journals. He is life

member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Dr.

V. D. Tambe serves as a reviewer of reputed scientific journal. He is

heartly thankful to his Guide, well-wishers and colleagues for their

motivation, kind support and cooperation.

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Ajay Bilandi, working as Assistant

Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics,

Seth G.L. Bihani S.D. College of

Technical Education, Sri Ganganagar,

Rajasthan, has been awarded the degree

of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in

Pharmacy in April 2016 from Bhagwant

university, Ajmer, for his research work

entitled "Design and Evaluation of Ion

Exchange Resin Based Taste masked

Drug Delivery System". The research work was carried out under the

guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Amiyakanta Mishra, Principal, Puri College of

Pharmaceutical Sciences, Puri, Orrisa. Dr. Ajay Bilandi has more than 9

year of research & teaching experience. He has more than 50

publications with high impact factor journals. He is the life member of

APTI. He sincerely acknowledges to Family, Guide, the Management,

Principal, teaching and nonteaching staff members of Seth G.L. Bihani

S.D. College of Technical Education, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, for

their help, encouragement and co-operation during course of research

work.

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Dr. Shivshankar D Mhaske, working as

an Assistant Professor, Department of

Pharmacology, IBSS, Dr Rajendra Gode

College of Pharmacy, Malkapur

Maharashtra has been awarded the

degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

in Pharmacy by Pacific Academy of

Higher Education and Research

University (PAHER) th Udaipur,

Rajasthan on 17 Sep 2016, for his

research work entitled "Development and Evaluation of Novel Topical

Formulations for Skin Diseases". The research work was carried out

under the guidance of Dr. Syed Ayaz Ali, Associate Professor,

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Department of Pharmacology, Y. B. Chavan College of Pharmacy, Dr.

Rafiq Zakaria Campus, Aurangabad. Dr.Shivshankar D Mhaske has 04

years of teaching with 02 years industrial experience , He has 22

scientific publications and one book in international publication to his

credit. He is a life member of Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India.

Dr.Shivshankar D Mhaske serves as a reviewer of several reputed scientific

journals. He is heartily thankful to his Guide, well-wishers and colleagues

for their motivation, kind support and cooperation.

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Dr. Sandeep Shivaji Pathare, Assistant Professor, Department of

Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune,

Maharashtra has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.

D.) in the subject of Pharmaceutical Chemistry under the faculty of

Pharmaceutical Sciences by Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University,

Pune.

He has carried out research work entitled, "Design and Synthesis of

New Antifungal Agents" under the guidance of Dr. V. M. Kulkarni,

Rajesh B. Patil, working as Assistant Professor, Sinhgad Technical

Education Society's, Smt. Kashibai

Navale College of Pharmacy, Kondhwa

(Bk), Pune, Maharashtra, has been

awarded the degree of Doctor of

Philosophy (Ph.D) in Pharmaceutical

Sciences by Jawaharlal Neharu

Technological University, Hyderabad,

(T.S.) for his research work entitled

" D e s i g n , S y n t h e s i s a n d

Pharmacological Evaluation of

Chromenones and Related Analogues". The research work was carried

out under the guidance of Dr. Sanjay D. Sawant, Principal & Professor,

Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy, Kondhwa (Bk), Pune-48.

Dr. Rajesh B. Patil has more than 19 year of research & teaching

experience. He has 13 publications in peer reviewed and high impact

factor journals. He successfully carried out Board of College and

University Development, Savitribai Phule Pune University funded

research projects (2012-14) as a principal investigator. He is life

member of APTI. He sincerely acknowledges Hon'ble Prof. M. N.

Navale, Founder President, Sinhgad Technical Education Society, Pune

for constant encouragement and support. He also acknowledges faculty

at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, JNTU, Hyderabad; teaching

and nonteaching staff members of Smt. Kashibai Navale College of

Pharmacy, Pune, for their help, encouragement and co-operation during

his Ph. D work

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Professor Emeritus, Department of

Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Poona

Col lege of Pharmacy, Bharat i

Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune &

Formerly, Professor and Head of

Pharmacy Division, UDCT/UICT,

Mumbai.

He has total 13 years of teaching

experience and has published 12

research papers in international journals. He has attended and presented

research work in various conferences, symposia and workshops. He is a

life member of APTI and a Registered Pharmacist in Maharashtra State

Pharmacy Council.

He deeply acknowledges to Dr. V. M. Kulkarni, research guide, Dr.

Shivajirao Kadam, Vice-Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed

University, Dr. K. R. Mahadik, Principal, Dr. A. P. Pawar, Dean & Vice-

Principal, Management, all staff of Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune and

his wife, Mrs. Yogyata for their support and cooperation during the

entire course of research work.

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Miss. Vaishali Madhukar Mute has

been awarded with the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in

Pharmaceutical Sciences by Bharati

Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Poona

college of Pharmacy, Pune,under the

quality improvement Programme by All

I n d i a Co u n c i l o f Te c h n i c a l

Education,New Delhi. Dr. Vaishali

Madhukar Mute has completed her

research work entitled "Study of antidepressant activity of some

synthetic compounds in laboratory animals" under the guidance of

Dr.Subhash L. Bodhankar.She has enriched with more than 11 years of

research and teaching experience. Currently, she is working with, JSPM's

Rajarshi Shahu College of Pharmacy & Research, Tathawade, Pune. She

has 19 scientific national and international publications to her credit. She

has presented various papers in national and international seminars &

conferences

She deeply acknowledges Prof. Dr. K.R.Khandelwar, Principal, Rajarshi

Shahu College of Pharmacy & Research, Tathawade, Pune. and Hon.

Shri. T.J. Sawant, Secretary, Jayawant Shikshan Prasarak mandal.

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Felicitation of Dr. Naresh Gaikwad, former Professor & Head of

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj

Nagpur University was organised at Tuli International Hotel, Sadar,

Nagpur on 2nd January, 2017.

The "Jeevangaurav Sanman' was awarded to Dr. Gaikwad at the hands of

Chief Guest Hon'ble Dr. Vedprakash Mishra, Chancellor, Krishna

Institute of Medical Sciences, The function was presided by Hon'ble

Dr. Siddharthivinayak Kane,Vice Chancelllor,Rashtrasant Tukadoji

Maharaj Nagpur University, The Guest of Honor were Dr.P.G.Yeole,

Pro-Vice Chancelllor, Shri Puranchandra Meshram,Ragistrar, Hon'ble

Dr.G.S.Parashar, Vice Chancellor,Indian Maritime University,Chennai

.Dr.(Mrs.) J.G.Avari,Head Pharmacy Dept..Dr.V.V.Parashar, Ex-

Head, Pharmacy Dept.,,Dr.Anwar Daud,Chairman,Feliciatation

Committee,Dr.Mohan Kale,Co chairman shared the dias.

Replying to felicitation, Dr.Gaikwad said that he was inspired by

Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar who stressed on study,organisation and fight

for justice and one should follow these ideals at any cost.These ideals

lead to the development of Individual and inturn Nation and Society at

large.He said that he worked for the development of the Dept as a

mission The Dept. was accredited in his tenure by National Board of

Accreditation AICTE,New Delhi,the only accredited University Dept.

in India. He gave credit of his success to Dr.Vedprakash

M i s h r a , D r . G . S . Pa r a s h a r , D r . V. V. Pa r a s h a r , a l l t h e

Teachers,Ph.D.Scholars,Students and Non teaching staff.

Dr. Maya Gaikwad,wife of Dr.Gaikwad, enlightened the gathering

about the work and dedication of Dr.Gaikwad for the development of

Dept.and her life journey in details.

Introductory speech was delivered by Dr Mohan Kale.In his speech he

spoke on the important role played by Dr.Gaikwad for

motivating,guiding and encouraging the Teachers, Students,Non

teaching staff and Pharmacy professionals. Dr.(Mrs.) Walde highlighted

the life sketch of Dr.Gaikwad..

All the Speakers expressed their views regarding his ideals, work

,determination and contribution for the development of the Dept.His

excellence related to academic, research and administration was

applauded which brought glory to the Dept.

The program were compared by Mrs. Ashmita Deshpande and vote of

thanks was given by Dr, Suresh Motwani,Secretary of felicitation

Committee.

All the members of the Organizing Committee, Students,Teachers,

friends and colleagues were taken efforts for the success of the program.

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Mohammed Zuber Shaikh written International book entitle

"Encyclopedia of Healing Plants" Published from Studium Press (India)

Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-80012-91-9 Available at

Online etc.

This book having title "Encyclopedia of Healing Plants"written with an

intention to benefit the Diploma, UG, PG and Research Scholar

students.

Medicinal Plants as a useful knowledge and the constantly increasing

recognition of its extended practical as well as scientific applications.

Since time immemorial, human beings have learned on

plants/herbs/shrubs etc. for curative treatment of diseases and to secure

prevention and cure against manifestations of various ailments.

I have felt the urge of compilation of a Handbook on medicinal plants,

with up-to-date scientific information and educative/discovered,

formulae, after being persuaded by the requests from Pharmaceutical

researchers for a comprehensive compilation on this subject.

The aim of this compilation is to highlight information on scientific

Nomenclature Local names, Distribution, Parts used. Pharmacological

activities and Chemical Constituents of the different medicinal plants,

meant for use medicinal purposes. The materials and data compiled in

this book may be of use by a variety of professionals including

Pharmacists, Pharmacologists, Medicinal chemists Toxicologists,

Pharmacognosists, Botanists etc.

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Md. Rageeb Md. Usman, Mrs.

Surekha D. Salgar, Dr. Navneet

Nagpal & Dr. Mohammed Zuber

Shaikh written International book entitle

"Poisonous Herbal Plants" Published by

Educreation Publishing having ISBN-

10: 1618135465, ISBN-13: 978-

1-61813-546-9. Available at

amazon, flipkart, Google play,

bookscamel, infibeam, INGRAM,

amazonkindle etc.

This book acknowledged importance study of Medicinal Plants and the

constantly increasing recognition of its extended practical as well as

scientific applications.

Since time immemorial, human beings have learned on

plants/herbs/shrubs etc. for curative treatment of diseases and to secure

prevention and cure against manifestations of various ailments.

In this context the goal at this book is to provide the update knowledge

to the students in the professional programmed at their study.

The discovery of drug is tremendously increasing due to the great

advancement bioassay screening isolation techniques and structure

elucidation.

The objective of this book is to spot a light on the brief introduction of

about Poisons herbs and plants to the students and researchers.

In the present global scenario, natural medicines are gaining prominence;

because they are available at economical prises and relatively free from

most of adverse drug effects or so called side effects. We have made

every effort to avoid errors, clarify unmeaning words, and printing errors,

but sometimes at then may arise in present edition, we would correct

and/or omit hem in subsequent editions.

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Dr. Jayvadan Patel, Professor of Pharmaceutics, Nootan Pharmacy

College and Dean, faculty of Pharmacy, Sankalchand Patel University,

Visnagar, Gujarat and President of APTI, Gujarat State has attended

International Conference on Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology-

2016 held at University Pierre and Marie Curie, PARIS during 28th to

30th September-2016. Dr. Patel orally presented a research paper

entitled "Enhanced antifungal activity of Itraconazole by the supercritical

antisolvent technique" in this conference and received fruitful comments

and words of appreciation from the international research fraternity

gathered for this in demand event. He has received international travel

grant form SERB/DST for presentation (ITS/3263/2016-17). He has

more than 20 years of academic and research experience, has published

more than 225 research and review papers in international and national

peer reviewed journals and 28 books/chapters. He has presented more

than 150 research papers at various international and national

conferences as author and coauthor. Dr. Patel has presented 31 research

papers at various international conferences (overseas). Dr. Patel has

guided 32 PhD; 88 M Pharm students for dissertation work and 08

students are currently pursuing their PhDs under his guidance. Dr. Patel is

recipient of very prestigious "APTI Young Pharmacy Teacher Award-

2014" by Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India and Fast

Track Young Scientists Award by SERB (Department of Science and

Technology), Government of India. He holds one patent. He has

completed 10 research projects of Rs. 13 Million sponsored by

AICTE/GUJCOST/DST/SERB/DBT/BRNS, India. He has organized

twelve National seminars/workshops/ conferences, one staff

development programme, two popular lectures on biotechnology and

two refresher course organized as coordinator sponsored by AICTE

/GUJCOST /DST/SERB/DBT/GSPC, India.

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Office executive and accountant by profession, Mr. Jaspal Chaudhary

has scaled new heights in his passion for sports by claiming HALF

IRONMAN status awarded to some selected sport adventures by

Chennai trekking club on 17/12/16. Mr. Chaudhary in mid thirties

participated in a national sport event Chennai triathlon 2016 and ranked

15 among 52 successful participate. The challenge was to complete

triple task of 1900 meter swimming, 90 km cycling & 21 km running in

less than 9 hrs. time in all. (1.9 K swim, 90 K cycle, 21 K run). Jaspal

swimmed unknown water Quarry in just 55 minutes, Cycled his way in 3

hrs and ran the track in 3.30 hours. All put together in 7.30 hrs out of 9

hrs. maximum allotted time. This is a brave mans task. We sincerely

appreciate his spirited achievement and take due pride in our colleague's

feat. SSPC family wish him all the best to become ironman in the times to

come.

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B.Pharm. students of Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Mehsana have

attended The Ramanbhai Foundation 8th International Symposium on

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Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Advances in New Drug

Discovery & Development" at Zydus Research Centre, Ahmedabad,

Gujarat on 2-4 February 2017 and presented their scientific works

under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dhrubo Jyoti Sen: (a) Astha P. Sanyal,

Yash B. Patel; Bioisosteric synthesis and U.V. spectral behaviour of tetra-

azo fused ring pyrazolo-tetrazine and pyrazolo-triazine moieties having

variable hetero atoms oxygen/sulfur/nitrogen potential for partition

coefficient (Published in World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical

Sciences in 2016: Impact Factor: 6.647) (b) Saurabh Patel; Get slim

to fulfill the dream (Published in World Journal of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2016: Impact Factor: 6.647) (c) Rajat

Chaudhary; Chemistry of dark red coloured liquid tissue having deep

metallic odour through oxygenated α,β-unsaturated aldehyde

(Published in European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research

in 2015: Impact Factor: 4.161) (d) Kinsuk Sarker; Posological dose of

therapeutics over prophylaxis in toxicological serendipity (Published in

International Educational Scientific Research Journal in 2016: Impact

Factor: 4.471, DOI: 10.21276/2455-295X)

The RBF Symposium, with its unique focus and format has over the past

several years that created an unparalleled knowledge-sharing platform for

scientists across the globe from both academia and industry engaged in

drug discovery & development. Distinguished lectures and information

exchange that have been hallmarks of the event continued for three days.

Interactive panel discussions at the end of each day made a key feature

this year as deliberated on the unmet medical needs and key learnings

from the sessions.

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Mohammed Rageeb Mohammed Usman, Bharat Vijaykumar Jain, Dr.

Neelesh Chaubey, Dr. Upendra Nagaich & Dr. Deenanath written

International book entitle "GATE/GPAT Pharmaceutical Sciences (PY)

Solved Q. Papers (1988 TO 2012) With Model Exercise Papers"

ISBN 978-93-24457-16-2 Published from Success Publication

PVT. Ltd. Available at Website and Social Media etc.

Releasing of Book by Dr. Dinesh Jaiswal (Senior Partner/VP

Pharmaceutical Operation-Achlis Group, New York, USA), Dr.

Pradeep Visen (Nutra V. Inc., Toronto, Cadada), Dr. Upendra Nagaich

(SPER Secretary), Tarseem Jain (Pharma Pramarsh, Rohtak) in

International Conference and Exhibition at Jaipur National University,

Jaipur on 3-4 March 2017.

Due to reliability and objective nature the Multiple Choice Questions

(MCQs) are widely used in entrance tests, competitive examination and

at some places in certifying examinations. However, MCQ items have

been criticized mostly for their lack of relevance to the core or essential

learning objectives, because they mostly tend to emphasize on the rare or

the unusual. It is therefore of utmost importance to induct MCQ items

which test knowledge, understanding and application ability of the

student in relevant areas. This book attempts to introduce a series of

GATE/GPAT Q. Paper from 1988 to 2012 with Model Exercise

Paper. MCQs are also an important method of self study and self

assessment.A mental exercise in the considerations that underlie choice of

one drug over the other in specific situations has to be practiced.

We got gradually involved in the interesting task of guiding the B. Pharm.

students for GATE, GPAT, PET, MH-CETan exam which shapes the life

of students. The person with good technical "know how" can make

abright career that is for sure. Hence Students are strongly recommended

to pursue M. Pharm. of course M. Pharm. is just a stepping stone in a

long career path. For doing M. Pharm. from a good reputed institute one

needs to have good GATE, PET, CET percentile score.

GATE, GPAT, PET, MH-CET is a competitive exam involving Multiple

Choice Questions (MCQs). Normally students are not trained to solve

(MCQs).

The third and final year B.Pharm. students who wish to work hard for

GATE, GPAT, PET, MH-CET can pick up this book.

1) You know the correct answer and hence you select correct option.

Astha Sanyal Yash Patel Saurabh Patel

Rajat Chaudhary Kinsuk Sarker

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2) You do not know the correct answer. Therefore you try to eliminate

the options which appear to be wrong. Thus by process of elimination

(wrong options) you rich to the most probably correct option.

3) You do not have faintest idea what the question and options are.

Writing this book is modest enough to produce a test pattern guide for B.

Pharm. student who are appearing for GATE, GPAT, PET examination.

Pharmacy education is continually evolving most colleges and schools of

pharmacy are now appearing M. Pharm. program appearing at GATE,

GPAT, PETis a must to secure admission into a good PG college.

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Chairperson for Scientific

Session during the Conference.

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Prof. Anant Hardas, Life member of various National Pharma

Associations, including yours , and founder director of Indian Pharma

Guidance Academy, Nagpur has presented slide show on history of

Indian Pharmacy – Pharmacopoeia & Pharmacology , at the recently

concluded – annual general Indian Pharmacology conference (Golden

Jubilee ) celebrations held at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical

Sciences held at Patna .

Md. Rageeb Md. Usman Conferred with Young Teacher Award by Dr.

Alok Khunteta (Registrar, Rajasthan State Pharmacy Council) & Dr.

Upendra Nagaich (SPER Secretary) in International Conference and

Exhibition at Jaipur National University, Jaipur on 3-4 March 2017.

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Md. Rageeb Md. Usman was invited as a

The slide show was highly appreciated by all the august audience and

were delighted to see the first graduate in pharmacy (Mr. Subhadra

Kumar Patni ) first Post Graduate – Prof. G.P. Srivastava) and first PhD in

pharmacy (Mr. Sheo Vihari Lal ) and also he narrated the story of LSD

and how it was experienced and narrated by Prof. P.C. Dandiya , when

he was Prof. and HOD of department of Pharmacology at SMS Medical

college, Jaipur.

Prof. Hardas also outline the pharmacological development in India and

explained the contribution done by late Prof. Sir, Ram Nath Chopra and

his associates . Prof. Hardas was felicitated on this occasion with the

presentation of Madhuban painting of Bihar and was honord with special

gift. The program ended with vote of thanks proposed by the secretary

Indian Pharmacology association , Bihar branch.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Dr. Sushil Kumar Kashaw honored with APP Young Scientist Award-

2016, for his significant scientific output, Dr. Sushil Kumar Kashaw,

Assistant Professor (Stage-III), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

Dr. Harisingh Gour University (A Central University), Sagar, M.P.-

India, was felicitated with 'APP Young Scientist Award 2016' by Prof.

George B. Corcoran, Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Wayne

State University, Detroit and Dr. Arun K. Iyer, Director, Use‐inspired

Biomaterials & integrated Nano Delivery (U‐BiND) Systems

Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State

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APTI OFFICE BEARERS (CENTRAL)

President: , Vice-Presidents:

Secretary: Treasurer:

Pravin Digambar ChaudhariSwarnlata Saraf, Milind Janrao Umekar, Debajyoti Das, Dhirender Kaushik, Satish A Kavatagimath

Raman Dang, V. MurganAssociate Secretary: Sohan Chitlange, Executive Secretary-Central: Rajasekaran. S

University, Detroit, on January 12, 2017 on the occasion of National

Pharmacist Day at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

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Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (Karnataka Unit,

KAPTICON) has selected Dr. A.R. Shabaraya, Principal & Director,

Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valachil, Mangalore for the prestigious

"BEST PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016".

His selection is based on dedication, duty mindedness, research skills

administrative acumen and his overall contribution in the development of

the College. He was felicitated on 14.10.2016, during the national

annual convention of Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India held in

Manipal (APTICON 2016).

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Subham Banerjee completed his PhD from Department of

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology,

Mesra, Ranchi and Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur, Assam under

the joint guidance of Dr. Animesh Ghosh and Dr. Pronobesh

Chattopadhyay in the year of 2015. The work was selected for the

prestigious BIRAC-SRISTI Gandhian Young Technological Innovation

(GYTI) Award 2017 for the research project entitled "Prophylactic

Transdermal Patch against Neurotoxin Poisoning in Biological Warfare

Situations", under Socially Relevant Innovation category. The Scholar

and both the Guides have been felicitated during the Festival of

Innovation on 05 March, 2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. The

award carries a citation and a Award grant of INR 15 Lakh for two years

to extend the research work ahead from BIRAC; a Government of India

enterprise under DBT.

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APTI EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

Editor - Raman Dang

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Printed & Published by:

Advisory Committee: Burande MD, Chaudhari PD, Debajyoti Das, Dhirender Kaushik, Milind Janrao Umekar, Satish A Kavatagimath, Shivananda BG, Swarnlata Saraf

Kuntal Das, Mahendra Setty, Mahesh NM, Mahvash Iram, Mueen KK, Mrudula Giri, Noor Zahra, Prabhitha, Preethi Sudheer, Ruchi Agrawal, Rajendra SV, Sanjay Pai, Shobha Rani RH, Sonal Dubey.

Shivananda BG and Raman Dang on behalf of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India.


Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992)

was an American Scientist and Cytogeneticist who was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology in the year 1983 for her discovery of Genetic Structure of Maze

Contributed byDr. Kuntal Das

ProfessorKrupanidhi College of PharmacyBangalore


Changes in global climate are already stressing forests through higher temperatures, altered precipitation patterns and more frequent and extreme weather

events. At the same time, forests and the wood they produce trap and store carbon dioxide, playing a major role in mitigating climate change. Trees and

forests help alleviate these changes through forest management by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converting it during photosynthesis

to carbon, which they store in the form of wood and vegetation. The process is known as "carbon sequestration."

APTI Bulletin – Continuing Education 2017

Abstract

Kuntal Das* and Raman DangDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Natural product chemistry, Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy,

#12/1, Chikkabellandur, Carmelaram Post, Varthur Hobli, Bangalore-35.

Role of Forest woods in mitigation of climatic change

Introduction

Forest ecosystems play an important role in the global biochemical cycles.

Forests act both as sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (GHG)

especially carbon dioxide (CO ), through which they have significant 2

influence on the climate on earth. They absorb carbon dioxide from the

atmosphere and store it as carbon. Furthermore, Forests have also many

other environmental roles viz. water from rainfall is absorbed by forests,

slowly filtered and regularly released, protect biodiversity, prevent from

landslides and soil erosion, protect landscape values, soil fertility and

downstream agricultural land. Air is being moisturized, filtered and

pollutants removed within forests. Water and desertification can be

prevented by forests and other wooded land. On other side, the climate

induced impacts on environmental and socio-economic functions in large

scale and plays a major role in balancing ecosystem but global warming is

increasing gradually due to some reasons of climatic change. Climate

change could affect the growth of trees and the frequency and intensity of

fires and the incidence of forest pests, and it could increase damage

caused to forests by extreme weather conditions such as drought, floods

and storms. Adaptation and mitigation are the two main responses to

climate change, mitigation strategies comprise reducing emissions from

deforestation; reducing emissions from forest degradation; increasing the

role of forests as carbon sinks; and product substitution and adaptation

aiming to reduce its impacts i.e encompasses interventions to decrease the

vulnerability of forests and forest-dependent people to climate change.

The world has an estimated 850 million hectares of degraded forests,

which could potentially be restored and rehabilitated to bring back lost

biodiversity and ecosystem services and contribute to climate change

mitigation and adaptation. There are various types of forest and they are

categorizing as per the leaf density of trees. The degraded forest lands

which have a Canopy density of less than 10% are called Scrubs. The

Lands with Canopy density of 10-40% are called Open Forests. The

Land with forest cover having a canopy density of 40-70% is called the 1Moderately Dense Forest (MDF) . The Lands with forest cover having a

canopy density of 70% and more are called Very Dense Forests 2(VDF) . Statistical data says, total forest cover as percentage of

geographical area is 21.34% in which total forest cover in India is

7,01,673 sq km (increase of 3775 sq km). There after total tree cover

as percentage of geographical area is 2.82 % in which total tree cover in 2India is 92,572 sq km (increase of 1306 sq km) . It was recorded that

the very dense forests in India are in just around 2.5% of total 2geographical area of the country . India's top five states with maximum

forest cover (in km²) are as follows: Madhya Pradesh (77,462)

Arunachal Pradesh (67,248) Chhattisgarh (55,586) Maharashtra

(50,628) Orissa (50,354). The maximum forest covers as percentage

of their own geographical area are as follows: Mizoram (88.93%)

Lakshadweep (84.56%) A&N islands (81.84%) Arunachal Pradesh

(80.30%) and Nagaland (78.21%) (Figure-1). FAO studies said

forests store enormous amounts of carbon: in total, the world's forests and

forest soils currently store more than one trillion tons of carbon, twice the

amount found floating free in the atmosphere. Forests can store as much as 315 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year in their biomass and wood .

Forest management plays a prime role in mitigation of climatic changes

with increase carbon sequestration and decrease greenhouse gas

emissions, especially non-CO green house gases (such as CH , N O) 2 4 2

that possess much higher warming potential than the equivalent mass of 4CO . In this policy, mitigation is possible through three major avenues: 2

carbon sequestration in new forests, use of wood products to displace

more greenhouse intensive products and use of forest biomass for

bioenergy, displacing fossil fuels. Carbon sequestration by forests has

attracted much interest as a mitigation approach, as it has been

considered a relatively inexpensive means of addressing climate change


5immediately . Carbon sequestration is the process that involves carbon 6capture and the long-term storage of atmospheric CO that results to 2

mitigate global warming (Figure-2). It has been proposed as a way to

slow the atmospheric and marine accumulation of greenhouse gases,

which are released by burning fossil fuels. Forest woods play an important

role in carbon balance and the details mechanism showed in figure-3.

Forests can switch between being a source and a sink of carbon over time,

with the stock of the forest referring to the absolute quantity of carbon

held within a forest component at a specified time. The transfer of carbon

between carbon pools is represented in Figure 2.

Hence forest management plays a key role in mitigation of

climate change by effective adaptation of environmental policy

objectives. In which Carbon sequestration process is most effective means

in mitigation of climate change.

References:

• http://www.rajras.in/index.php/environment-india-basics/

• http://www.gktoday.in/blog/state-of-forests-report-2015/

• FAO. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. FAO Forestry

Paper, Report number: 147. Rome, FAO. 2006.

• Tang X, Liu S, Zhou G, Zhang D, Zhou C. Soil-atmospheric

exchange of carbon dioxide, CH4, and N2O in three subtropical

forest ecosystems in southern China', Global Change Biology.

2006; 12: 546–560.

• Skog KE, Nicholson GA. Carbon cycling through wood

products: the role of wood and paper products in carbon

sequestration', Forest Products Journal. 1998; 48: 75–83.

• Sedjo R, Sohngen B. Carbon Sequestration in Forests and Soils".

Annual Review of Resource Economics. Annual Reviews. 2012;

4: 127–144.

Fig. 1: Forest lands in India

Fig. 2: Carbon sequestration Process

Fig. 3: Life cycle of CO in wood products 2


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